From plot to watershed management: Experience in farmer participatory Vertisol technology generation and adoption in highland Ethiopia
This chapter summarises the experience of a research project for developing and disseminating technologies for better management of Vertisols for improving productivity. Topics of discussion include Vertisol technology Development and testing in Ethiopia; the adoption pathways for the BBM package at...
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| Formato: | Conference Paper |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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CAB International
2001
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49909 |
| Sumario: | This chapter summarises the experience of a research project for developing and disseminating technologies for better management of Vertisols for improving productivity. Topics of discussion include Vertisol technology Development and testing in Ethiopia; the adoption pathways for the BBM package at research sites and related factors; factors influencing adoption outside research villages; externality and the need to move from plot to watershed; experience on watershed management; determinants of individual household contributions to drainage construction and current research - from Vertisols management to integrated resource management. |
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