Impacts of woody invasive alien plant species on rural livelihood: Generalized propensity score evidence from Prosopis spp. invasion in Afar Region in Ethiopia

Impacts of woody invasive alien plant species on rural livelihood: Generalized propensity score evidence from Prosopis spp. invasion in Afar Region in Ethiopia

Abstract This study applied a generalized propensity score method to evaluate the impact of Prosopis invasion on Afar pastoralist and agro-pastoralist households’ annual per capita consumption expenditure, as a proxy of rural livelihoods. The analysis was based on cross-sectional survey data collect...

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Main Authors: Ketema Bekele, Jema Haji, Belaineh Legesse, Hailu Shiferaw, Urs Schaffner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-09-01
Series:Pastoralism
Subjects:
Invasive alien species
Prosopis
Generalized propensity score
Dose-response function
Consumption expenditure
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13570-018-0124-6

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