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

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Author:

Leye, Melesse Temesgen, 1964-

ISBN:

9781439828540

Publication Information:

Leiden : Taylor & Francis/Balkema, 2007.

Physical Description:

xiii, 113 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.)

Contents:

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.

Subject Term:

Conservation tillage -- Ethiopia.

Soil management -- Ethiopia.

Arid regions agriculture -- Ethiopia.

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