The performance of selected soil and water conservation measures - Case studies from Ethiopia and Eritrea

Catena

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 99-114

  Herweg, Karl ^a   Ludi, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Eritrea; Ethiopia; Food production; On farm research; Runoff; Soil and water conservation; Soil erosion; Soil loss

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ERITREA; ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0033015557     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(99)00004-1     Document Type: Article

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