African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6855

Full Length Research Paper

Land Use Land Cover Change Trend and Its Drivers in Somodo Watershed South Western, Ethiopia

Fasika Alemayehu
  • Fasika Alemayehu
  • Department of Watershed management, School of Natural Resource and environmental Science, Hawassa University, Wondo Genet College of Forestry and Natural Resources, Ethiopia.
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Motuma Tolera
  • Motuma Tolera
  • Department of Watershed management, School of Natural Resource and environmental Science, Hawassa University, Wondo Genet College of Forestry and Natural Resources, Ethiopia.
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Gizaw Tesfaye
  • Gizaw Tesfaye
  • Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Jima Agricultural Research Center. P. O. Box 192, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 25 October 2018
  •  Accepted: 05 December 2018
  •  Published: 10 January 2019

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