Interdisciplinary on-site evaluation of stone bunds to control soil erosion on cropland in Northern Ethiopia

J Nyssen, J Poesen, D Gebremichael… - Soil and Tillage …, 2007 - Elsevier
Since two decades, stone bunds have been installed in large areas of the Tigray Highlands,
Northern Ethiopia, to control soil erosion by water. Field studies were conducted to quantify …

Short-term effects of conservation agriculture on Vertisols under tef (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter) in the northern Ethiopian highlands

T Oicha, WM Cornelis, H Verplancke, J Nyssen… - Soil and Tillage …, 2010 - Elsevier
Soil erosion and declining soil quality are the major constraints for crop production and
sustainable land management in Ethiopia. A conservation agriculture (CA) experiment was …

[PDF][PDF] Effects of region-wide soil and water conservation in semi-arid areas: the case of northern Ethiopia

J Nyssen, J Poesen, K Descheemaeker… - Zeitschrift Fur …, 2008 - africamuseum.be
Studies on the impacts of environmental rehabilitation in semi-arid areas are often
conducted over limited space and time scales, and do typically not include detailed …

Groundwater recharge and flow in a small mountain catchment in northern Ethiopia

K Walraevens, I Vandecasteele, K Martens… - Hydrological …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
The hydrodynamic behaviour of a sloped phreatic aquifer in the Tigray Highlands in
northern Ethiopia is described. The aquifer is situated in the soils of a plateau on top of a …

An upland farming system under transformation: Proximate causes of land use change in Bela-Welleh catchment (Wag, Northern Ethiopian Highlands)

J Nyssen, G Simegn, N Taha - Soil and Tillage Research, 2009 - Elsevier
A possible way out of the 'low-level equilibrium trap'in the Ethiopian Highlands is agricultural
intensification. To characterise and quantify current transformations in these permanent …

[PDF][PDF] Understanding the environmental changes in Tigray: a photographic record over 30 years

J Nyssen, N Munro, M Haile, J Poesen… - Tigray Livelihood …, 2007 - researchgate.net
Studies on the impacts of environmental rehabilitation in semi-arid areas are often
conducted over limited space and time scales, and do typically not include detailed bio …

Rural road-induced sedimentation: Severity and local perception in the Phewa Watershed, Kaski District, western Nepal

BP Heyojoo, RP Sharma - Journal of Nepal Geological Society, 2013 - nepjol.info
The aim of this research is to estimate sediment source and its severity in the Phewa
watershed resulted from rural roads construction, and to evaluate local people's perception …

[PDF][PDF] Aufklärung der Bodenverlagerung durch Bearbeitungserosion in Jungmoränenlandschaften

B Kietzer - 2007 - depositonce.tu-berlin.de
Bodenverlagerung spielt in Jungmoränenlandschaften eine bedeutende Rolle im
Stoffhaushalt und führt zu einer Zunahme der Flächenheterogenität sowie typischer …

[PDF][PDF] Community based soil and water conservation practice: In case of haro bakke kebele, yabello woreda, borana zone

D Mosisa, A Debela, D Shanko - Journal of Environment and Earth …, 2018 - core.ac.uk
Land degradation is one of the major challenges in agricultural production in many parts of
the world, especially in developing nations like Ethiopia. Even though a number of soil and …

[PDF][PDF] The effects of conservation agriculture on runoff, soil loss and yield performance under rain-fed in Adigudem, Northern Ethiopia

T Araya, J Nyssen, WM Cornelis, B Govaerts… - course 2008, 2007 - academia.edu
COllseruatiollllgricultlllC (CA) is a tecl11lique that CIlIl mitigllte the red/lctioJ/in soil fertility,
red/lce rUJloffOlld top soil erosion and increllse in situ moisture conserllation, thereby …