Land Degradation and Strategies for Sustainable Land Management in the Ethiopian Highlands: Tigray Region |
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Addis Ababa agricultural development agricultural potential agricultural production allocated Amhara Region area enclosures availability Axum baitos Bee keeping Berhanu Gebremedhin 1998 biomass BOANRD BOPED Bureau of Agriculture cash crops centres cereal cereal production co-operatives commercial conservation constraints costs crop production crop residues dairy dams Dedebit economic estimated Ethiopia Ethiopian highlands extension external input factors farmers farming fertiliser food crop hectares high population density highlands of Tigray households IFPRI impact important income increased infrastructure intensification irrigation land degradation land improvement land tenure leasing limited livestock production manure market access Mekelle Mekelle University mimeo moisture stress natural resource needed opportunities organisations Pender Platteau plots population density population pressure potential areas poverty problem programme promote rainfall reduce result Rural non-farm development SAERP SAERT socio-economic soil erosion soil fertility soil nutrient depletion strategy substantial Sustainable Agriculture t/ha tabia technologies Tigray Region tree planting vegetative yields