Evaluation of soil and water conservation practices in the north-western Ethiopian highlands using multi-criteria analysis

Frontiers in Environmental Science

Volumn 2, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Teshome, Akalu ^a,b   de Graaff, Jan ^a   Stroosnijder, Leo ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Amhara Agricultural Reseach Institute   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Farmer preferences; Multi criteria analysis; Slope; Soil and water conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020846498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2014.00060     Document Type: Article

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