Population growth and other factors affecting land-use and land-cover changes in north-eastern Wollega, Ethiopia

Tropical Agriculture

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 298-311

  Urgesa, Alemayehu A ^a,b   Abegaz, Assefa ^a   Bahir, Asmamaw L ^a   Antille, Diogenes L ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b WOLAITA SODO UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cropland expansion; Deforestation; Environmental protection; Resource use efficiency; Soil conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984645273     PISSN: 00413216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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