A participatory soil quality assessment in Northern Ethiopia's Mai-Negus catchment

Catena

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Tesfahunegn, Gebreyesus Brhane ^a,b   Tamene, Lulseged ^c   Vlek, Paul L G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b AKSUM UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c Chitedze Agricultural Research   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Mai Negus catchment; Northern Ethiopia; Participatory survey; Soil quality; Soil quality categories; Soil quality indicators

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; DECISION MAKING; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LIMITING FACTOR; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL EROSION; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL SURVEY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 79952898542     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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