Working with communities and building local institutions for sustainable land management in the Ethiopian highlands

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-19

  Amede, Tilahun ^a   Kassa, Habtemariam ^b   Zeleke, Gete ^c   Shiferaw, Abebe ^d   Kismu, Simon ^e   Teshome, Melese ^e  

^a International Centre for Tropical Agriculure (CIAT)   (Ethiopia)

^b Centre for International Forestry Research Addis Ababa   (Ethiopia)

^c Global Mountain Program   (Ethiopia)

^d INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^e Alaba Post Office   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; LAND MANAGEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; SUSTAINABILITY; UPLAND REGION;

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

EID: 33947288571     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/0276-4741(2007)27[15:WWCABL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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