Transition from Forest-based to Cereal-based Agricultural Systems: A Review of the Drivers of Land use Change and Degradation in Southwest Ethiopia

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 431-449

  Kassa, Henok ^a,b   Dondeyne, Stefaan ^c   Poesen, Jean ^c   Frankl, Amaury ^b   Nyssen, Jan ^b  

^a MIZAN TEPI UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coffea arabica L; land degradation; montane rainforest; southwestern Ethiopia; traditional management practice

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; COFFEE; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; LAND USE; SOILS;

COFFEA ARABICA L; ETHIOPIA; LAND DEGRADATION; MONTANE RAINFOREST; TRADITIONAL MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; COFFEE; FOREST COVER; KNOWLEDGE; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LIVELIHOOD; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MONTANE FOREST;

ETHIOPIA;

COFFEA ARABICA; PHYTOLACCA DODECANDRA;

EID: 84980368167     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2575     Document Type: Article

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