Assessment of soil erosion processes and farmer perception of land conservation in debre mewi watershed near lake tana, Ethiopia

Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 297-306

  Zegeye, Assefa D ^a   Steenhuis, Tammo S ^b,c   Blake, Robert W ^b,d   Kidnau, Selamyihun ^e   Collick, Amy S ^b,c   Dadgari, Farzad ^e  

^a ARARI   (Ethiopia)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (Ethiopia)

^c Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SWHISA   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Farmer perception; Rill erosion; Soil and water conservation; Soil loss

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DECISION MAKING; EROSION RATE; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; FARMING SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; RILL; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION;

ETHIOPIA; LAKE TANA;

EID: 79960452208     PISSN: 16423593     EISSN: 20803397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10104-011-0013-8     Document Type: Article

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