Resource degradation and adoption of land conservation technologies in the Ethiopian Highlands: A case study in Andit Tid, North Shewa

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 233-247

  Shiferaw, Bekele ^a   Holden, Stein T ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Conservation technology adoption; Land degradation; Ordinal logit models; Peasant agriculture

Indexed keywords

EROSION CONTROL; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; POVERTY;

ETHIOPIA, ANDIT TID;

EID: 0032577564     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(98)00036-X     Document Type: Article

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