Factors influencing adoption of soil conservation measures in Southern Ethiopia: The case of Gununo area

Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-62

  Tadesse, Million ^a   Belay, Kassa ^b  

^a Awassa Agricultural Research Center   (Ethiopia)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Adoption; Binomial logit model; Soil conservation measures; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745476588     PISSN: 16129830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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