Land suitability evaluation to optimize land management of small-scale farms in the Gerado catchment, North-Eastern Ethiopia

Tropical Agriculture

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 49-68

  Bahir, Asmamaw L ^a   Ahmed, Mohammed A ^a   Antille, Diogenes L ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental quality; Land capability; Land use optimization; Small scale farming; Sustainable soil management; Tropical rainfed subsistence agriculture

Indexed keywords

ERAGROSTIS TEF; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84928138418     PISSN: 00413216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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