Economic evaluation of improved vertisol drainage for food crop production in the Ethiopian highlands
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International Livestock Centre for Africa
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Outlines an economic evaluation of an improved surface drainage technology, using the broad-bed-maker (BBM) on-farm in four different vertisol areas of the Ethiopian highlands. Presents data on crops and number of areas covered for the on-farm drainage technology, on cost structure of the BBM, and on human and oxen labour input in traditional seed covering and the construction of the BBM.
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highlands, economic analysis, vertisols, plant productionn, drainage, farming systems, traditional farming, labour, technology transfer, costs, yieldss, fertilizers, animal traction