Soil and water conservation in Ethiopia experiences and lessons

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 117-123

  Osman, Mahdi ^a   Sauerborn, Petra ^b  

^a Universität zu Köln ^*  (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Ecology; Environment; Erosion; Ethiopia; Farming; Future trends; Management strategies; Soil conservation; Water conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845384365     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02987717     Document Type: Article

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