Vulnerability and resilience of Sidama Enset and Maize Farms in Southwestern Ethiopia

Journal of Ethnobiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 314-336

  Quinlan, Robert J ^a   Quinlan, Marsha B ^a   Dira, Samuel ^a,b   Caudell, Mark ^a   Sooge, Amalo ^b   Assoma, Awoke Amzaye ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

crop diversity; crop failures; enset; Ethiopia; Sidama people

Indexed keywords

BOS; ENSETE VENTRICOSUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84937135821     PISSN: 02780771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2993/etbi-35-02-314-336.1     Document Type: Article

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