Bio-economic analysis of soil conservation technologies in the mid-hill region of Nepal

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 121, Issue , 2012, Pages 38-48

  Das, Romy ^a   Bauer, Siegfried ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Hedgerow intercropping; Mid hill region; Minimum tillage; SCUAF model; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY; AGROFORESTRY; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; BIOPHYSICAL MODEL; CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGIES; CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS; CROP YIELD; CROPPING SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC INCENTIVE; ECONOMIC LOSS; ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE; ECONOMIC RETURNS; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; FARMING SYSTEM; HEDGEROW INTERCROPPING; HIGH COSTS; HIGH RATE; MID-HILL REGION; MINIMUM TILLAGE; MONSOON RAINS; SOIL CHANGES; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; STEEP SLOPE;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; BIOPHYSICS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CULTIVATION; DEGRADATION; EROSION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LOSSES; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; TECHNOLOGY;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; AGROFORESTRY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOPHYSICS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP YIELD; ECONOMIC IMPACT; HEDGEROW; HILLSLOPE; INTERCROPPING; SLOPE ANGLE; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILITY; SUSTAINABILITY; ZERO TILLAGE;

NEPAL;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84857396654     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2012.01.016     Document Type: Article

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