Effectiveness of stone bunds in controlling soil erosion on cropland in the Tigray Highlands, northern Ethiopia

Soil Use and Management - Tập 21 Số 3 - Trang 287-297 - 2005
Desta Gebrernichael1,2, Jan Nyssen3,1, Jean Poesen1, Jozef Deckers4,1, Mitiku Haile3,1, Gérard Govers1, Jan Moeyersons5,1
1Physical and Regional Geography Research Group, KU Leuven, Redingenstraat 16, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
2Relief Society of Tigray, PO Box 20, Mekelle, Ethiopia.
3Department of Land Resource Management and Environmental Protection, Mekelle University, PO Box 231, Mekelle, Ethiopia
4Institute for Land and Water Management, KU Leuven, Vital Decosterstraat 102, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
5Department of Agriculture and Forestry Economics, Royal Museum for Central Africa, B-3080 Tervuren, Belgium

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