Farmers' perspectives of rodent damage and management from the highlands of Tigray, Northern Ethiopian

Crop Protection

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 532-539

  Yonas, Meheretu ^a,b   Welegerima, Kiros ^a   Deckers, Seppe ^c   Raes, Dirk ^c   Makundi, Rhodes ^d   Leirs, Herwig ^b,e  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^e Danish Pest Infestation Laboratory   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Farmers' perspectives; Highlands of Tigray; Rodent damage; Rodent management

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CROP PRODUCTION; PERCEPTION; PEST CONTROL; PEST DAMAGE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RODENT;

ETHIOPIA; TIGRAY;

EID: 77954818770     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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