The prospects of reduced tillage in tef (Eragrostis tef Zucca) in Gare Arera, West Shawa Zone of Oromiya, Ethiopia

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-65

  Tulema, Balesh ^a   Aune, Jens B ^b   Johnsen, Fred H ^b   Vanlauwe, Bernard ^c  

^a ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c CIAT   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cereals; Ethiopian highland; Gross margin; Minimum tillage; Nitisols; Oxen plough; Vertisols

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; BIOMASS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EROSION; FARMS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); SOIL TESTING;

CEREALS; ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS; GROSS MARGIN; MINIMUM TILLAGE; NITISOLS; OXEN PLOUGH; VERTISOLS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGRONOMY; BIOMASS; CEREAL; CROP YIELD; GRASS; NITOSOL; PLOWING; SOIL EROSION; SOWING; TILLAGE; VERTISOL; ZERO TILLAGE;

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

BOS; ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS TEF;

EID: 40949094888     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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