Effect of deforestation on soil fertility on the northwestern slopes of Mt Kenya

ITC Journal

Volumn , Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 260-263

  Kironchi, Geoffrey ^a   Mbuvi, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL COLONISATION; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; MOUNTAIN AGRICULTURE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SOIL FERTILITY; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

KENYA, MT KENYA;

EID: 0030374351     PISSN: 03032434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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