Comparing farmers' perception of soil fertility change with soil properties and crop performance in beseku, ethiopia

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 228-235

  Karltun, E ^a   Lemenih, M ^b   Tolera, M ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Biotest; Chronosequence; Ethiopia; Farmers' perception; Nitrogen; Plant indicators; Soil fertility indicators

Indexed keywords

BIOTEST; CHRONOSEQUENCES; ETHIOPIA; FARMERS' PERCEPTIONS; SOIL FERTILITY;

BIOMASS; CROPS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

SOILS;

BIOMASS; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP PERFORMANCE; CROP YIELD; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; MAIZE; PERCEPTION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ETHIOPIA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84878951146     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1118     Document Type: Article

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