The 1: 2 000 000 Soil Associations map is based on
the Geomorphology and Soils map, at 1: 1 000 000 scals, prepared
by the FAO/UNDP Eth/78/003, Assistance to Land Use PlJ
Project in 1981 It incorporates some new information ob%,3 _
since the finalizing of the Geomorphology and soils map.
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Library ResourceTraining Resources & ToolsJanuary, 1970Ethiopia
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Library ResourceJanuary, 1970Ethiopia
This technical report is one of a series of reports prepared during the of the course of the FAO/UNOP project (ETH/02/012) preparing the Assistance to Settlement Project Phase IV.
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Library ResourceManuals & GuidelinesJanuary, 1970Ethiopia, Namibia, Burkina Faso, Panama, Brazil, Vietnam, Jordan, Romania, United Kingdom, Germany, Samoa
The Eastern and Anglophone Western Africa Regional Assessment meeting was organized by a task force consisting of FAO, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, African Land Policy Initiative, the United Nations World Food Programme, United Nations Development Programme, the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme officials in Ethiopia.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsNovember, 1970Ethiopia
Of the nation's 122.2 million hectares of total area, 84.1 million hectares of land and 12.1 million hectares of water and water courses comprise the potentially productive cultivable land and water resources of the nation. At present, only 10.4 per cent of the total land area i.e. 12.9 million hectares is put under cultivation of which 9 to 91/2 million hectares have actually "been planted and harvested. Agriculture, the dominant sector of the country's economy is not only a goldmine in terms of potential but also a real source of wealth.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 1970Ethiopia
L’Ethiopie dispose d’un potentiel agricole considérable, il existe plusieurs obstacles fondamentaux sur la voie des l’exploitation de ce potentiel.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsNovember, 1970Ethiopia, United Kingdom, Africa
La propriété multiple peut-être nuisible dans la mesure ou elle fait
obstacle à la négociabilité de la terre, négociabilité qu'elle finira par détruire, et par cela même elle peut souvent influencer l'usage que l'on fait de cette terre.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 1970Burundi, Ethiopia, Rwanda
Land degradation in the tropics is strongly associated with human population growth. The latter phenomenon is quite marked in humid areas and in the temperate highlands (Jahnke 1982). Notably in the plateaux of Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, several pastoral systems have gradually evolved into mixed farming, in order to cope with such pressure (Ruthenberg, 1980). Land is more intensively utilized as population density increases since mixed systems are more efficient than specialized crop or livestock systems (McIntire et al.,1992). In fact, livestock crop integration allows:
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