The Economics of Sustainable Land Management Practices in the Ethiopian Highlands

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 605-627

  Kassie, Menale ^a   Zikhali, Precious ^a   Pender, John ^a   Köhlin, Gunnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agricultural productivity; Commercial fertiliser; Ethiopia; Low and high agricultural potential; Minimum tillage; Propensity Score Matching; Switching regression

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CROP PRODUCTION; FERTILIZER; LAND MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TILLAGE; UPLAND REGION;

AMHARA; ETHIOPIA; ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS; TIGRAY;

EID: 77955732768     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: 14779552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2010.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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