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We examine the decision to plant trees and level of tree planting for two sites, public microdam areas and household agricultural
land, and two species groups in Tigray, Ethiopia. Both sites are not perfect substitutes, as they vary with respect to distance
from the household and tenure security. The role of permanent pooled water irrigation microdams to tree planting is important
but unknown, because water borne diseases, which may influence household income and productivity, are thought to be enhanced
by the dams. We find both disease and microdams to be important predictors to tree planting. Disease seems more important
in determining whether households plant at all, and less important in the level of planting for those that do plant. For example,
disease increases the probability of planting both eucalyptus and other species groups on household-own land, but households
suffering from malaria plant higher-cost eucalyptus trees with lower probability at both sites, while planting of other lower-cost
species increases at dam sites where other villagers can monitor the trees. We also establish a connection between planting
and agricultural residues, finding a strong substitution effect on own-land. Microdam access and age are also important. Households
living nearer to dam sites will plant both species groups there with higher probabilities, but the decision to plant on agricultural
own-land is not affected. For older dams with more developed irrigation, households are more likely to grow crops rather than
plant trees on their own land, but they plant more trees at the dam sites.
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