Teklu Erkossa Jijo (3 results)

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Land Preparation Methods and Soil Quality | The case of Vertisols in the Highlands of Ethiopia | Teklu Erkossa Jijo | Taschenbuch | Englisch | LAP Lambert Academic Publishing | EAN 9783847377610 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.…

Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Autor/Autorin: Jijo Teklu ErkossaTeklu Erkossa, 43 received a BSc, MSc and PhD degrees in Arid zone agriculture, Soil and Water Conservation and Soil Science from the Universities of Haramaya, Wageningen and Hohenheim, respectively.He worked as a l.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The industrialization of agriculture led to societal concerns for environmental protection and food quality in developed countries, while the need for increased agricultural productivity to address the persistent poverty and food insecurity in developing countries is intensified. Improving the management of land and water resources across the scale to meet the objectives of increased productivity and sustained environmental quality are increasingly required. This book is prepared based on a PhD dissertation of the Author that attempted to address these issues focusing on the Vertisols in the Highlands of Ethiopia. Based on the six years field experiment and extensive participatory exploration with the smallholder farmers in a small watershed, it deals with the effects of land preparation methods on soil quality and productivity of the soil. It provides the state of the art literature review, including on methodologies of the participatory and standard methods of soil quality assessment. The evaluation of economical and ecological sustainability of alternative land preparation methods makes the core chapters.…