Regenerative agriculture (RA) is a set of farming and land management practices intended to support or enhance soil health and carbon sequestration potential of soils while producing food, fiber, or other agricultural products. It has received broad acclaim from scholars, corpor…
This study is designed to reveal the tradeoffs between anthropogenic activities and freshwater ecosystems; discuss different management options for the restoration of freshwater resources in poverty dominated areas; measure the total economic value for freshwater ecosystem servi…
The Ethiopian southwest is a global origin for Arabica coffee which is the second most traded global commodity after petroleum; and the most important agricultural commodity for Ethiopia. The region is also a global center of crop domestication and diversification with ancient a…
Payment for Ecosystem Services projects (PES) are increasingly popular because of their supposed potential to achieve social and environmental goals. However, the various challenges around their design and implementation often impede their achievement of such goals. These challe…
Studies have shown that communities of color and low-income populations are likely to live in neighborhoods that lack access to quality green spaces, unable to directly benefit from the environmental, recreational, and cultural services they provide. The goal of this research wa…
Expanding agricultural lands and urbanization threaten the integrity of both natural aquifers and surface waters, and in turn, the multitude of water services they provide. The goal of this work is to investigate tradeoffs between water services and economic considerations in th…