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Are landscape restoration interventions sustainable? A case for the upper Tana Basin of Kenya

dc.contributor.authorKizito, F.
dc.contributor.authorGicheha, J.
dc.contributor.authorRahman, N.A.
dc.contributor.authorTamene, L.D.
dc.contributor.authorNganga, K.W.
dc.contributor.authorKoech, N.
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-27T13:24:50Z
dc.date.available2021-09-27T13:24:50Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationKizito, F., Gicheha, J., Rahman, N.A., Tamene, L.D., Nganga, K.W. & Koech, N. (2021). Are landscape restoration interventions sustainable? A case for the upper Tana Basin of Kenya. Sustainability, 13(18), 10136: 1-12.
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7260
dc.description.abstractLandscape restoration initiatives often have the potential to result in environmental gains, but the question of whether these gains are sustainable and how they are linked to other community needs (social, productivity and economic gains) remains unclear. We use the Sustainable Intensification Assessment Framework (SIAF) to demonstrate how environmental benefits are linked to productivity, environment, social, human, and economic components. Using the SIAF, the standardization of relevant indicators across multiple objectives provided a contextual representation of sustainability. The study assessed the overall gains resulting from the measured indicators of sustainable land management (SLM) practices and their relationship to the multiple domains of the SIAF. We present a unique case for SLM options using a combined-methods approach where biophysical, socio-economic, and citizen science help assess the sustainability of the interventions. Using a participatory approach with farmers, land restoration options were conducted in four target micro-watersheds for 3 years (2015–2017). Co-developed restoration measures at the landscape level within the four micro-watersheds (MW1-MW4) resulted in a substantial increment (50%) for all treatments (grass strips, terraces, and a combination of grass strips and terraces) in soil moisture storage and increased maize and forage production. We demonstrate that SLM practices, when used in combination, greatly reduce soil erosion and are profitable and sustainable while conferring livelihood benefits to smallholder farmers.
dc.description.sponsorshipCGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystem
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States Agency for International Development
dc.format.extent1-12
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectLandscape
dc.subjectRestoration
dc.subjectLivelihoods
dc.subjectSustainable Intensification
dc.subjectKenya
dc.titleAre landscape restoration interventions sustainable? A case for the upper Tana Basin of Kenya
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.affiliationAlliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.hubHeadquarters and Western Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeNatural Resource Management
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidKIZITO:2021
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR Multi Centre
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectLand Use
cg.iitasubjectLivelihoods
cg.journalSustainability
cg.notesOpen Access Journal; Published online: 10 Sep 2021
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su131810136
cg.iitaauthor.identifierFred Kizito: 0000-0002-7488-2582
cg.futureupdate.requiredNo
cg.identifier.issue18: 10136
cg.identifier.volume13


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