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Konso agriculture
Journal of Ethiopian studies • 8 (1) • Published In 1970 • Pages: 31-43
By: Hallpike, C. R. (Christopher Robert).
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2016
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem
- Field Date
- 1965-1967
- Coverage Date
- 1965-1967
- Coverage Place
- Konso Special Woreda, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia
- Notes
- by C. R. Hallpike
- Includes bibliographical reference (p. 41)
- LCCN
- 67094041
- LCSH
- Konso (African people)