Returns to farm-level soil conservation on tropical steep slopes: The case of the Eritrean Highlands

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 589-605

  Araya, Bereket ^a   Asafu Adjaye, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ASMARA   (Eritrea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; SLOPE; SOIL CONSERVATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ERITREA;

EID: 0032720584     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.1999.tb00900.x     Document Type: Article

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