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The article shows results of an international and interdisciplinary project with the title ‘Rainfall and its Erosivity in Ethiopia’.
The article contains information about the traditional soil conservation practices, the reasons for intervention with traditional soil conservation technologies, the historical background of instutionalized soil conservation activities, the institutional frame work for soil conservation activities and their achievements, and the different departments and organisations for soil and water conservation as far as soil erosion in Ethiopia is concerned. As a conclusion and recommendation, the major constraints of the past activities and the current situation including future trends were discussed.
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Osman, M., Sauerborn, P. Soil and water conservation in ethiopia. J Soils Sediments 1, 117–123 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02987717
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