Assessing Farmers' Knowledge of Weed Species, Crop Type and Soil Management Practices in Relation to Soil Quality Status in Mai-Negus Catchment, Northern Ethiopia

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 120-133

  Tesfahunegn, Gebreyesus Brhane ^a,b   Tamene, Lulseged ^c   Vlek, Paul L G ^b   Mekonnen, Kirubel ^a  

^a AKSUM UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c CHITEDZE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Crop types; Farmers' knowledge; Management practices; Soil quality indicator; Soil quality status; Weed species

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CATCHMENTS; CROPS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SOILS; SURVEYS;

FARMERS' KNOWLEDGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL QUALITY INDICATORS; WEED SPECIES;

AGRICULTURE;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENT; CROPPING PRACTICE; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL QUALITY; WEED;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84957812170     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2233     Document Type: Article

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