Determinants of adoption and continued use of stone terraces for soil and water conservation in an Ethiopian highland watershed

Ecological Economics

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 294-302

  Amsalu, Aklilu ^a,b   de Graaff, Jan ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Land tenure; Livestock production; Sequential modeling; Stone terraces; Sustained adoption

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; DECISION MAKING; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FARMING SYSTEM; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NUTRIENT LOSS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; UPLAND REGION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

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

EID: 33847336978     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.01.014     Document Type: Article

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