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Row Planting under Inter and Mixed Cropping Systems as Sustainable Agricultural Practice in Damot Gale District, Wolaita, Ethiopia

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  • Nigatu Gebremedhin Enamo

    (Department of Natural Resource Management, Wolkite University, Ethiopia)

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Although the nation has made tremendous effort in transforming the economy, the sector of agriculture has not shown significant change contributing even less than the service sector to the GDP in recent years. Poverty remained a challenge where 25.6 living under poverty line. The problem is further aggravated by long rooted backward agricultural practices with late and slow adoption of improved technologies. This study examined the farmers practices of row planting under inter and mixed cropping systems in Damot Gale District of Wolaita Zone. Quantitative research approach has been followed to assess farmers adoption of row planting under inter and mixed cropping systems. A multi-stage sampling technique was applied with first activity of purposive selection of 3 kebeles out of 31 kebeles considering farm size and settled population density. 304 household heads practicing mixed and inter cropping practices were systematically selected for questionnaire survey.

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  • Nigatu Gebremedhin Enamo, 2019. "Row Planting under Inter and Mixed Cropping Systems as Sustainable Agricultural Practice in Damot Gale District, Wolaita, Ethiopia," International Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 20(5), pages 01-06, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:ijesnr:v:20:y:2019:i:5:p:01-06
    DOI: 10.19080/IJESNR.2019.20.556049
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    earth and environment journals; environment journals; open access environment journals; peer reviewed environmental journals; open access; juniper publishers; ournal of Environmental Sciences; juniper publishers journals ; juniper publishers reivew;
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    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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