Effect of indigenous stone bunding (KAB) on crop yield at Mesobit-Gedeba, North Shoa, Ethiopia

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-54

  Alemayehu, M ^a   Yohannes, F ^a   Dubale, P ^b  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Indigenous technology; Sorghum crop; Stone bunds; Terrace

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); SITE SELECTION; SOIL CONSERVATION; TECHNOLOGY; WATER CONSERVATION;

ETHIOPIA; INDIGENOUS TECHNOLOGY; SORGHUM CROP; STONE BUNDS; TERRACE;

CROPS;

CROP YIELD; SLOPE; SOIL CONSERVATION;

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

EID: 32544434519     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.693     Document Type: Article

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