Policy instruments for sustainable land management: The case of highland smallholders in Ethiopia

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 217-232

  Shiferaw, Bekele ^a   Holden, Stein T ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Household models; Land degradation; Peasant agriculture; Policy instruments

Indexed keywords

EROSION CONTROL; LAND MANAGEMENT; POLICY STRATEGY; SMALLHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0034093599     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(00)00046-3     Document Type: Article

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