Soils and land use in the Tigray Highlands (Northern Ethiopia)

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-274

  Nyssen, Jan ^a,b   Naudts, J ^a,c   De Geyndt, K ^a   Haile, Mitiku ^b   Poesen, J ^a   Moeyersons, J ^d   Deckers, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c ADCS Food Security Project   (Ethiopia)

^d ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Crop rotation; Ethiopia; Land capability; Permanent upland farming system; Soil geography; Tigray

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EARTH SCIENCES; LAND USE; RUNOFF;

ETHIOPIA; SOIL GEOGRAPHY; TYPICAL SOILS; VERTISOLS;

SOILS;

CAMBISOL; CATCHMENT; CROP ROTATION; FARMING SYSTEM; LAND USE; SOIL TYPE; VERTISOL;

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

EID: 47249129538     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.840     Document Type: Article

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