Assessing drought risk and irrigation need in northern Ethiopia

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 425-436

  Araya, A ^a   Stroosnijder, Leo ^b  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drought; Dry spell; Growing period; Northern Ethiopia

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DROUGHT; GROWTH RATE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LONG-TERM CHANGE; WEATHER STATION; YIELD RESPONSE;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 79551570265     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.11.014     Document Type: Article

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