%0 Journal Article
%T Konso agriculture
%A Hallpike, C. R. (Christopher Robert)
%J Journal of Ethiopian studies
%D 1970
%V Vol. 8
%N no. 1
%I Haile Sellassie I University, Institute of Ethiopian Studies
%C Addis Ababa
%@ 0304-2243
%G English
%F mp17-003
%O by C. R. Hallpike
%O LOC search performed 14 June 2013; reviewed by MAS 10/9/14page and doc range corrected LGD March 2016
%O Includes bibliographical reference (p. 41)
%X This article argues that Konso agriculture constitutes a unique set of land use and labor exchange practices well-suited to the area’s mountainous terrain, water scarcity and depleted soils. Included are descriptions of the construction of erosion-protecting stone terraces following the contours of hillsides, conservation of rainwater with wells and reservoirs, applications of manure, and mixed cultivation of a wide variety of cereal, root and tree crops.
%K Konso (African people)
%K Konso
%K Tillage
%K Cereal agriculture
%K Vegetable production
%K Arboriculture
%K Domesticated animals
%K Agricultural science
%K Land use
%K Climate
%K Topography and geology
%K Water supply
%K Soil
%K Diet
%K Labor supply and employment
%K Functional and adaptational interpretations
%U https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/document?id=mp17-003
%P 31-43
%[ 2022-06-27