Farmers' perceptions of land degradation and their investments in land management: A case study in the central rift valley of Ethiopia

Environmental Management

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 989-998

  Adimassu, Zenebe ^a,b   Kessler, Aad ^b   Yirga, Chilot ^a   Stroosnijder, Leo ^b  

^a ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Investments; Land management; Perceptions; Soil fertility depletion; Water erosion

Indexed keywords

CONTROL MEASURES; FARMERS' PERCEPTIONS; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENTS; RIFT VALLEY; SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL FERTILITY; WATER EROSION;

AGRICULTURE; EROSION; INVESTMENTS; LAND USE; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

EROSION CONTROL; FARMERS ATTITUDE; INVESTMENT; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; SOIL FERTILITY; WATER EROSION;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; ETHIOPIA; HOUSEHOLD; INVESTMENT; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE; PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL FERTILITY DEPLETION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL PROPERTY;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; SOIL; WATER;

ETHIOPIA;

COWBONE RIDGE VIRUS;

EID: 84878679597     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0030-z     Document Type: Article

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