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Effectiveness of jatropha barriers as a soil and water conservation technology to rehabilitate gullies in northern Ethiopia

Albrecht Ehrensperger, Simon Bach, Hanspeter Liniger, Brigitte Portner and Habtamu Ayele
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation March 2015, 70 (2) 33A-38A; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.70.2.33A
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