Participatory conservation tillage research: An experience with minimum tillage on an Ethiopian highland Vertisol

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 95, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 401-415

  Astatke, Abiye ^a   Jabbar, Mohammad ^a   Tanner, Douglas ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Broad bed; Ethiopia; Minimum tillage; Vertisol; Wheat

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION TILLAGE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; VERTISOL; WHEAT;

ETHIOPIA;

BOS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0037404166     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(02)00225-6     Document Type: Article

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