TY  - JOUR
AU  - Hallpike, C. R. (Christopher Robert)
PY  - 1970
DA  - 1970//
TI  - Konso agriculture
JO  - Journal of Ethiopian studies
SP  - 31
EP  - 43
VL  - Vol. 8
IS  - no. 1
PB  - Haile Sellassie I University, Institute of Ethiopian Studies
CY  - Addis Ababa
KW  - Konso (African people)
KW  - Konso
KW  - Tillage
KW  - Cereal agriculture
KW  - Vegetable production
KW  - Arboriculture
KW  - Domesticated animals
KW  - Agricultural science
KW  - Land use
KW  - Climate
KW  - Topography and geology
KW  - Water supply
KW  - Soil
KW  - Diet
KW  - Labor supply and employment
KW  - Functional and adaptational interpretations
AB  - 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.
SN  - 0304-2243
UR  - https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/document?id=mp17-003
LA  - English
N1  - by C. R. Hallpike
ID  - mp17-003
Y1  - 2022-06-27
ER  -