Effects of stone terracing on available phosphorus and yields on highly eroded slopes in tigray, ethiopia

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-74

  Vagen, Tor Gunnar ^a   Tilahun, Yibabe ^b   Esser, Kjell B ^a  

^a Relief Society of Tigray ^*  (Norway)

^b Relief Society of Tigray   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Phosphorus; Soil conservation; Stone terracing; Yields

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS; SOIL CONSERVATION; TERRACING; YIELD;

ETHIOPIA; TIGRAY;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 0033390376     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J064v15n01_06     Document Type: Article

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