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Environment and Natural Resources
Working Paper No. 17
Towards Sustainable Agriculture and Rural
Development in the Ethiopian Highlands
Proceedings of the Technical Workshop on Improving the Natural Resources
Base and Rural Well-being, 25 - 27 November 2003 Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Organizers:
Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN
Environment and Natural Resources Service
Sustainable Development Department
Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research North-South,
University of Berne, Switzerland
In cooperation with:
Centre for World Food Studies (SOW-VU)
the Netherlands
Editors:
Alemneh Dejene, Gete Zeleke,
Solomon Abate and Mekonnen Lule
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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2004
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Table
of Contents
FOREWORD
ABSTRACT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABBREVIATIONS AND
ACRONYMS
1. WORKSHOP WELCOMING ADDRESS AND
OPENING STATEMENTS
Welcome Address, by Dr Gete Zeleke,
Direct or of ARARI
Opening Statement, by Ato Ayalew
Gobeze: Speaker of the House of Parliament of ANRS
Opening Statement, by Mr George K.
Mburathi, FAO Country Representative in Ethiopia
2. THEMATIC PRESENTATIONS AND
DISCUSSION
The Nexus of natural resources
degradation, food security and poverty in the Ethiopian Highlands: Towards
sustainable agriculture and rural development, by Alemneh Dejene,
FAO
GEF Operational programme on
sustainable land management (OP #15), by Alemneh Dejene, FAO
Policy implications for sustainable
agricultural development in the Ethiopian Highlands, by Ben Sonneveld, Centre
for World Food Studies, the Netherlands
Alternative forms of rural
energy/bioenergy in the context of sustainable agriculture and rural
development, by Gustavo Best, FAO
Land tenure and land policy and its
implications on rural development, by Dessalegn Rahmato, Forum for Social
Study
State of natural resources base in
Ethiopia: Challenges and opportunities, by Gete Zeleke, Amhara Regional
Agricultural Research Institute
3. SUMMARY OF MORNING PLENARY
DISCUSSION
4. AREA SPECIFIC CASE STUDIES IN THE
AMHARA REGION
Integrated conservation and
development of the Simen Mountains area, by Eva Ludi, University of Berne,
Switzerland
Lake Tana biodiversity potentials and
threats, by Eshete Dejen, Amhara Regional Agricultural Research
Institute
Historical sedimentary records of Lake
Tana and other experiences in Ethiopia, by Mohammed Omar, Addis Ababa
University
Protecting the Lake Tana Basin and key
environmental issues, by Amare Getahun
The tree farming programme: The way
for ward for highland Ethiopia, by Minwuyelet Muse
5. SUMMARY OF AFTERNOON PLENARY
DISCUSSION
6. A SELECTION OF TOPICS OF WORKING
GROUP DISCUSSION
7. SUMMARY OF WORKING GROUP
PRESENTATIONS
8. SUMMARY OF CONCLUDING PLENARY
SESSION
9. CONCLUSION AND CLOSING
REMARKS
ANNEX I. LIST OF WORKSHOP
PARTICIPANTS
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