Effects of agroecological land use succession on soil properties in Chemoga watershed, Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia

Geoderma

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 85-98

  Bewket, Woldeamlak ^a   Stroosnijder, Leo ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus; Grazing; Land use change; Policy; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GRAZING; LAND USE CHANGE; SOIL PROPERTY; SUSTAINABILITY;

ETHIOPIA;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 0037225520     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(02)00255-0     Document Type: Article

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