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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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Main Authors: Jabbar, M.A., Mamo, T., Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
Format: Conference Paper
Language:Inglés
Published: CAB International 2001
Subjects:
vertisols
watershed management
technology
transfer
farmers
land use
farm equipment
innovation
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49909
Summary: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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