TY - JOUR AU - Adego, Tsega AU - Simane, Belay AU - Woldie, Getachew Abebe PY - 2018 DA - 2018/08/13 TI - Sustainability, institutional arrangement and challenges of community based climate smart practices in northwest Ethiopia JO - Agriculture & Food Security SP - 56 VL - 7 IS - 1 AB - Crop productivity in the highlands of Ethiopia is critically challenged by land degradation and climate change and variability. Massive plantations and several kilometers of soil and water conservation technologies have been practiced in response to those challenges. Yet land degradation and the level of sustainability of the technologies have continued to be critical challenges. Thus, the objective of this research was to examine the sustainability, challenges and future prospect of climate smart community-based soil and water conservation practices. Data were collected using household survey, key informant interview and focus group discussion. Analytic hierarchy process for multi-criteria decision making was used to analyze the sustainability of community-based climate smart practices. SN - 2048-7010 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-018-0206-0 DO - 10.1186/s40066-018-0206-0 ID - Adego2018 ER -