Participatory soil quality assessment: The case of smallholder farmers in Ethiopian highlands

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 793-797

  Erkossa, Teklu ^a   Stahr, Karl ^a   Gaiser, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Soil function; Soil quality group; Soil quality indicators; Vertisol

Indexed keywords

CROPS; CULTIVATION; WATERSHEDS;

CROP PRODUCTION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL QUALITY ASSESSMENT;

SOILS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL QUALITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 10844271686     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR04021     Document Type: Article

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