Environmental Impacts of Large-Scale Agricultural Investments: Empirical Evidence from the Great Rift Valley of Ethiopia
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描述
The available empirical evidence about the impacts of Large-Scale Agricultural Investments (LSAIs) in low-income countries is skewed towards the assessment of economic benefits. However, the impact of LSAIs on the local environment and local community efforts toward conservation measures has not been well studied and documented for informed decisions. This study aimed to investigate the impact of LSAI on the local natural environment and local community conservation efforts to reduce negative impacts. To quasi-experimental design was employed to achieve this objective. Primary data were collected from 300 sample households, consisting of 134 treatment and 166 control groups using systematic random sampling. To describe the links between LSAI and state-changes in the environment, the Drivers-Pressures-State change-Impact-Response (DPSIR) framework was adopted. Moreover, to construct the environmental index and analys its impact, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Propensity Score Matching (PSM) were employed.