Complementary methods to understand land-use changes: An example from the Ethiopian Rift Valley

This case study examines agro-pastoralism in sub-Saharan Africa, exploring recent land use changes by analysing social and environmental processes. Land use changes in the research area, the Ethiopian Rift Valley, were explored using an 'holistic approach' which was achieved by interweaving biophysical information with socio-economic and cultural data derived from local communities using PRA.