Farmers' Perception about Soil Erosion in Ethiopia

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 401-411

  Nigussie, Zerihun ^a,b   Tsunekawa, Atsushi ^a   Haregeweyn, Nigussie ^a   Adgo, Enyew ^b   Nohmi, Makoto ^c   Tsubo, Mitsuru ^d   Aklog, Dagnachew ^a   Meshesha, Derege Tsegaye ^b   Abele, Steffen ^e  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^e University of Applied Forest Sciences   (Germany)

Author keywords

drought; Ethiopia; partial proportional odds model; soil erosion perception; Upper Blue Nile Basin

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; EROSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS;

BLUE NILE; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; ETHIOPIA; FARMERS' PERCEPTIONS; GROWING SEASON; PARTIAL PROPORTIONAL ODDS MODEL; SERVICE AGENTS; SOIL EROSION;

AGRICULTURE;

CLIMATE EFFECT; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FARMERS ATTITUDE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LAND DEGRADATION; PERCEPTION; SOIL EROSION;

BLUE NILE BASIN; ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS; NILE BASIN;

EID: 85006511862     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2647     Document Type: Article

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