This document presents the proceedings of the international conference held at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 24-26, 2002. The theme of the conference was Policies for Sustainable Land Management in the East African Highlands, which was convened to bring together researchers, policy makers, development practitioners, donors and others to review, discuss and synthesize the findings and policy implications of policy research related to sustainable land management in the East African highlands.

The papers presented at this workshop dealt with a wide array of topics related to land management in the highlands of Tigray.

“The objectives of this workshop are to review and discuss the main findings and policy implications of recent research conducted on these topics by IFPRI, Wageningen University and Research Center (WUR), the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Mekelle University (MU), the Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization (EARO) and other Ethiopian collaborators; to discuss options for improving the development of agricultural markets and land management in Ethiopia, considering different stakeholders’ perspectives; and to develop recommendations for priority policy actions and fu

La inclusión de una leguminosa apropiada en la vegetación de las praderas tropicales y la corrección de las deficiencias minerales en la nutrición de las plantas y de los animales, contribuiría a desarrollar una mayor producción ganadera. Muchas de las leguminosas tropicales, son de origen americano, toleran la acidez del suelo y el bajo contenido de fósforo. La selección y el fitomejoramiento permitirían la incorporación de características agronómicas deseables, tales como un mejor índice de crecimiento, mayor resistencia al pastoreo y facilidad de recolección de semillas.