Conservation tillage systems and water productivity implications for smallholder farmers in semi-arid Ethiopia
Leye, Melesse Temesgen, 1964-
Conservation tillage systems and water productivity implications for smallholder farmers in semi-arid Ethiopia DISSERTATION submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the Board for Doctorates of Delft University of Technology and of the Academic Board of the UNESCO-IHE Instittue for Water Education for the Degree of DOCTOR, to be defended in public on Tuesday, 20 February 2007 at 10:00 hours in Delft, the Netherlands / [electronic resource] : by Melesse Temesgen Leye. - Leiden : Taylor & Francis/Balkema, 2007. - xiii, 113 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-110).
Introduction -- Research background and hypotheses -- Traditional tillage systems of smallholder farmers in semi-arid areas of Ethiopia -- Maresha modified implements for conservation tillage -- Water productivity of strip tillage systems for maize production in semi-arid Ethiopia -- Water productivity of improved and minimum tillage systems for TEF production in semi-arid Ethiopia -- Conclusions and recommendations.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781439828540 (ebook : PDF)
Conservation tillage--Ethiopia.
Soil management--Ethiopia.
Arid regions agriculture--Ethiopia.
Electronic books.
Conservation tillage systems and water productivity implications for smallholder farmers in semi-arid Ethiopia DISSERTATION submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the Board for Doctorates of Delft University of Technology and of the Academic Board of the UNESCO-IHE Instittue for Water Education for the Degree of DOCTOR, to be defended in public on Tuesday, 20 February 2007 at 10:00 hours in Delft, the Netherlands / [electronic resource] : by Melesse Temesgen Leye. - Leiden : Taylor & Francis/Balkema, 2007. - xiii, 113 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-110).
Introduction -- Research background and hypotheses -- Traditional tillage systems of smallholder farmers in semi-arid areas of Ethiopia -- Maresha modified implements for conservation tillage -- Water productivity of strip tillage systems for maize production in semi-arid Ethiopia -- Water productivity of improved and minimum tillage systems for TEF production in semi-arid Ethiopia -- Conclusions and recommendations.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781439828540 (ebook : PDF)
Conservation tillage--Ethiopia.
Soil management--Ethiopia.
Arid regions agriculture--Ethiopia.
Electronic books.