Soil and water conservation decision behavior of subsistence farmers in the Eastern Highlands of Ethiopia: A case study of the Hunde-Lafto area

Ecological Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 437-451

  Bekele, Wagayehu ^a   Drake, Lars ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adoption decision; Erosion; Ethiopia; Soil and water conservation

Indexed keywords

EROSION CONTROL; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FARMING SYSTEM; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 0345530995     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(03)00166-6     Document Type: Article

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