Evaluation of new farming technologies in Ethiopia using the Integrated Decision Support System (IDSS)

Highlights • We propose a modeling framework that assesses environmental and economical consequences of agricultural intensification.• Agricultural interventions were evaluated using IDSS in two study sites in the Amhara region of Ethiopia.• IDSS analyses indicate that a significant improvement in family incomes and nutrition can be achieved through the adoption of farming technologies such as irrigation technologies and nutrient management.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Agricultural Water Management

• Publication date

  2017-01-31

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Medicine, Business, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.agwat.2016.07.023PMID 28154450PMCID 5221669
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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