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Автор: Tesfaye Beshah
Год: 2009
Издание:
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Страниц: 392
ISBN: 9783838302423
Understanding Farmers: Despite massive efforts to promote soil and water conservation (SWC) measures in developing countries, their acceptance so far has been very poor. A number of studies were carried out world-wide to understand the reasons for the failures. Unfortunately, their contributions in shaping soil and water conservation initiatives fall-short of the expectations. Despite widely observed problems of soil erosion in Ethiopia, the performance of many soil conservation projects with support from international donors, largely failed to respond to the country''s conservation needs. This book uses various perspectives to ensure a comprehensive understanding of the problem in different agro-ecological systems in the country. The book vividly demonstrates that farmers'' behaviour on SWC is a result of the interplay among social, economic, institutional and technical factors that in turn requires an integrated approach. The book is written with a rich text that balances...
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Edmund MurphyThe Agricultural Instructor, Or Farmers' Class-Book
The farmers' guide book;
John Orville TaylorThe farmers' school book