Understanding soil conservation decision of farmers in the gedeb watershed, Ethiopia

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-79

  Tesfaye, A ^a   Negatu, W ^b   Brouwer, R ^a   van der Zaag, P ^c,d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Gedeb watershed; Logistic regression model; Soil conservation measures; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION DECISION; BINARY LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; CONSERVATION MEASURES; ETHIOPIA; FUTURE GENERATIONS; LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELING; SOIL EROSION;

AGRICULTURE; EROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; EROSION CONTROL; LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILITY;

ETHIOPIA; GEDEB;

EID: 84893723708     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2187     Document Type: Article

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