Food and forests: understanding agriculture and conservation trade-offs in Ethiopia

Author(s)
Phil Franks, Tagel Gebrehiwot
Date published
Publisher
Sentinel
Material type

In Ethiopia, as in many countries in Africa, policymakers need to better understand and manage the major trade-offs — existing and future — between two competing objectives: increasing agricultural production to meet growing domestic food demand and conserving nature. This briefing explores this issue within the national context in Ethiopia, and makes suggestions for the way forward.