Fragile East African highlands: A development vision for smallholder farmers in the Ethiopian highlands

For societies that depend on agriculture, the process of meeting current or future welfare demands should not continue without regard to the potential long-term dangers of land resource over-use. With an increasing human and animal population in the Ethiopian highlands development efforts so far hav...

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Autor principal: Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1995
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29322
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description For societies that depend on agriculture, the process of meeting current or future welfare demands should not continue without regard to the potential long-term dangers of land resource over-use. With an increasing human and animal population in the Ethiopian highlands development efforts so far have been hasty and disjointed, and have sidetracked issues of production base security and conservation. As a result, large-scale degradation has ensued, and if the trend continues the agricultural future of the country is threatened. Cohesive land-use practices are needed in order to manage the fragile Ethiopian highland resource environment properly and to support growing human demands.
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spelling CGSpace293222023-02-15T09:47:50Z Fragile East African highlands: A development vision for smallholder farmers in the Ethiopian highlands Mohamed-Saleem, M.A. highlands small farms farmers agricultural development vertisols animal power milk yield yields mixed farming For societies that depend on agriculture, the process of meeting current or future welfare demands should not continue without regard to the potential long-term dangers of land resource over-use. With an increasing human and animal population in the Ethiopian highlands development efforts so far have been hasty and disjointed, and have sidetracked issues of production base security and conservation. As a result, large-scale degradation has ensued, and if the trend continues the agricultural future of the country is threatened. Cohesive land-use practices are needed in order to manage the fragile Ethiopian highland resource environment properly and to support growing human demands. 1995 2013-06-11T09:23:10Z 2013-06-11T09:23:10Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29322 en Limited Access Outlook on Agriculture;24(2): 111-116
spellingShingle highlands
small farms
farmers
agricultural development
vertisols
animal power
milk yield
yields
mixed farming
Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
Fragile East African highlands: A development vision for smallholder farmers in the Ethiopian highlands
title Fragile East African highlands: A development vision for smallholder farmers in the Ethiopian highlands
title_full Fragile East African highlands: A development vision for smallholder farmers in the Ethiopian highlands
title_fullStr Fragile East African highlands: A development vision for smallholder farmers in the Ethiopian highlands
title_full_unstemmed Fragile East African highlands: A development vision for smallholder farmers in the Ethiopian highlands
title_short Fragile East African highlands: A development vision for smallholder farmers in the Ethiopian highlands
title_sort fragile east african highlands a development vision for smallholder farmers in the ethiopian highlands
topic highlands
small farms
farmers
agricultural development
vertisols
animal power
milk yield
yields
mixed farming
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