Reducing the water loss sources, ie soil evaporation and weeds presence, is an essential
act for keeping well soil moisture to crop growth, especially under drought conditions …

This paper investigates the land management practices used in the highlands of Tigray,
northern Ethiopia, the factors influencing them and their implications for crop production and …

In recent years, policy makers have been paying more attention to the problems of small
farmers in developing countries with the idea of increasing their pro-duction and standard of …

A field study was conducted in Dire and Legedadi watersheds in the humid mid-highlands of
Ethiopia to determine the effect of intercropping and application of vermicompost (VC) on …

Agricultural management recommendations based on short‐term studies can produce
findings inconsistent with long‐term reality. Here, we test the long‐term environmental …

Agricultural research and extension programs in developing countries, rather than following
the conventional package approach, should be designed to take into account the fact that …

The supply of and demand for nitrogen by whole industries and individual crops is
discussed in relation to changes in farming systems, particularly the relative importance of …

The role of the agricultural scientist is to manipulate crop and livestock response
phenomena so that they serve society's needs better, enabling countries to obtain full benefit …

Plants are subjected to low use efficiency of water and nutrients in marginal lands such as
calcareous soils. Moreover, plant wastes are not utilized optimally by the farmers. Hence …

Seed potato systems in East Africa are described and opportunities for improvement
identified on the basis of interviews with potato producers in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia …