Perspectives on soil fertility change: A case study from southern Ethiopia

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 195-206

  Elias, Eyasu ^a   Scoones, Ian ^b  

^a University of Sussex ^*  (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental change; Ethiopia; Land degradation; Nutrient budgets; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; SOIL FERTILITY;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0032741380     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-145X(199905/06)10:3<195::AID-LDR328>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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