Collective Action and Property Rights for Poverty Reduction: Insights from Africa and Asia

Contributors

413 Kassahun Aberra was a community facilitator with the Southern Agricultural Research Institute of Ethiopia at the time he contributed to this work. He is currently working at the Agricultural Technology Vocational Training College (ATVAT), Wolayta Soddo, Ethiopia. Francis Alinyo was a program officer with ActionAid International Uganda and chairman of the Kapchorwa District Landcare Chapter, Uganda, at the time he contributed to this work. He is currently a district coordinator for the National Agricultural Advisory Services of the Ministry of Agriculture, Uganda. Shenkut Ayele is an early warning assessment and response manager with Catholic Relief Services in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Kiflu Bedane was a senior researcher with the Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization (now the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research) at the time he contributed to this work. He is currently working as a freelance consultant based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Leulseged Begashaw is a researcher in plant pathology at the Southern Agricultural Research Institute, Hawassa, Ethiopia. Fekadu Beyene was a doctoral candidate at Humboldt University of Berlin at the timehecontributedtothiswork.HeiscurrentlyanassistantprofessorattheCollege of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Haramaya University, Ethiopia. Sarah Charamila was a research assistant with the African Highlands Initiative , Lushoto, Tanzania, at the time she contributed to this work. Awadh Chemangeni was a senior environment officer in Kapchorwa District, Uganda, and a part-time lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences of the Islamic University in Uganda at the time he contributed to this work. He Contributors 414 Contributors also worked as a project coordinator for the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Livelihoods and Landscape Strategy for the Mount Elgon Ecosystem . He is currently the natural resources coordinator for the Ministry of Water and Environment in Kapchorwa and chairperson of the Kapchorwa District Landcare Chapter. William Cheptegei was a member of the Kapchorwa District Landcare Chapter secretariat, Uganda, at the time he contributed to this work and formerly worked as an extension agent for the Ministry of Agriculture. He is currently an independent farmer and serves as a district counselor in Kapchorwa. Carol J. Pierce Colfer was principal scientist in the Forests and Governance Programme of the Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia , at the time she contributed to this work. She is currently a senior research associate at the Center and a visiting fellow at the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture, and Development, Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A. Stefan Dercon is a professor of development economics at the University of Oxford, U.K. Monica Di Gregorio was a research analyst in the Environment and Production Technology Division of the International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C. She is currently a fellow in the Department of International Development of the London School of Economics and Political Science. Mesfin T. Gebremikael was a research assistant at the Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization (now the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research), Holetta, at the time he contributed to this work. He is currently a doctoral candidate in the Soil Management Department of the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering of Ghent University, Belgium. Laura German was a scientist and the acting regional coordinator of the African Highlands Initiative at the time she contributed to this work. She is currently a senior scientist in the Forests and Governance Programme of the Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia. Marie Godquin was a research assistant at the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Paris, and a doctoral candidate at the University of Paris I– Pantheon–Sorbonne at the time she contributed to this work. She is currently head of quantitative and market risk audit at Deutsche Bank, London. Konrad Hagedorn is a professor in the Division of Resource Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture and Horticul- Contributors 415 ture of Humboldt University of Berlin, and director of the Institute of Cooperative Studies at Humboldt University of Berlin. John Hoddinott is deputy division director in the Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division of the International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C. Bekele Hundie was a doctoral candidate in the Division of Resource Economics of Humboldt University of Berlin at the time he contributed to this work. He is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Development Economics of the Ethiopian Civil Service College, Addis Ababa. Zewdie Jotte was a research and community development assistant with the Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization (now the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research) at the time he contributed to this work. Menale...