Assessing the role of policies on land use change and agricultural development since 1960s in northern Ethiopia

Land Use Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 944-951

  Teka, Kassa ^a   Van Rompaey, Anton ^b   Poesen, Jean ^b  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Agro ecology; Land tenure; Land use; Northern Ethiopia; Policy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGROECOLOGY; ARABLE LAND; LAND TENURE; LAND USE CHANGE;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84865080643     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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