1. ALTER WP1 IMPACT PATHWAYS
MARCH, 2016
Interventions

2. Ethiopian dilemma Short term vs long term benefits
(poverty is at the heart of the dilemma)
Prevention vs rehabilitation
( too much focus on rehabilitation)
Intensification with diversification vs intensification with specialization
(focus on intensification with specialization)
2 m

3. Drivers Policy Technology Market Demography Sequential or holistic
Package
Specific
Sector specific
Technology
Exporting nutrients, resources etc.
Market
Population size
demographic structure
Demography

4. ALTER PROJECT WP4. Delivery of development and academic impact
WP1. Understand socio-economic relationships between soils and poverty
WP2. Assess the capacity of the soil to supply ecosystem services
WP3. Assess the effectiveness of mechanisms to alleviate poverty through soil carbon

5. Pro-poor soil carbon investment options promoted
Impact
Outcomes
Results
Activities
Pro-poor soil carbon investment options promoted
Policy makers get informed
Relationship between poverty, livelihoods and soil ecosystem services recognized
Drivers of land use changes identified
Potential of above and below ground carbon management options identified
Barriers to adoption of management practices known
Market based mechanisms evaluated
Condition for adoption of soil conservation investment facilitated
Household, institutional, biophysical related factors identified
Research activities

6. Poverty / Livelihoods Soil Ecosystem Dependence (WP1.1) Understand
Measure
Drivers (WP1.2)
Behaviours
Decisions
Barriers (WP1.4)
Instruments (WP1.5)
Policy
Markets
Potentials (WP1.3)
Above-ground
Below-ground
Trend analysis
Scenario analysis
Economic models
Focus groups
Interviews
Ostromian framework
CBA
Env’tal valuation
Expt. economics
Expt. analysis
Conjoint models
Revealed & stated preference
SLA
Surveys
Participatory methods
New data
Apply methods
Develop models

7. Quantitative data Qualitative data Participatory wealth ranking
Poverty and ecosystem
Land allocation decision
Choice in soil management measures
Adoption barriers of soil management
Participatory wealth ranking
Restoration area
Benefit and dis-benefit of restoration areas
Climate change
Photo voice
Drivers for land use change
Farm management ex-anti plan and ex-post
Quantitative data
Qualitative data

9. Impact pathways strategies
1. Organizing workshops (local + regional)
To provide feedback to the communities about the findings and the implication of the various studies (avoiding the problem of data mining)
To provide evidence to policy makers for possibility of action

10. 2. Reports, leaflets etc. Sharing reports
Preparing story telling leaflets
Using local mass media

11. 3. Scientific publications
Modeling smallholders soil management options –submitted
Multidimensional poverty – ready to submit
Befit and dis-benefit from restoration areas – ready for publication
The link between dependency on ecosystem services an poverty
Barriers to soil conservation measures

12. Thank you!