Land under pressure: Soil conservation concerns and opportunities for Ethiopia

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-23

  Sonneveld, B G J S ^a   Keyzer, M A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Economics; Ethiopia; Migration; Soil degradation; Soil productivity; Spatial optimization; Water erosion; Yield function

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAND RECLAMATION; NATURAL RESOURCES;

FOOD SECURITY;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

CROP YIELD; FOOD SECURITY; OPTIMIZATION; POPULATION MIGRATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER EROSION;

AGRICULTURE; LAND RECLAMATION; NATURAL RESOURCES; SIMULATION;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0037281933     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.503     Document Type: Article

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