Farmers' Perception of Land Degradation and Traditional Knowledge in Southern Ethiopia—Resilience and Stability

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1552-1561

  Assefa, Engdawork ^a,b   Hans Rudolf, Bork ^a,b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

land degradation; land management; perception; resilience; south Ethiopia; traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; LAND USE; PRODUCTIVITY; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

ETHIOPIA; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENTS; RESILIENCE; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILITY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84929587453     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2364     Document Type: Article

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