Improving the acceptability to farmers of soil conservation practices

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 309-312

  Ashby, Jacqueline A ^a   Beltrán, Jorge Alonso ^b   Guerrero, Maria Del Pilar ^b   Ramos, Héctor Fabio ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^b CIAT Hillside AgroEcosystem Prog ^*

^c Cauca Valley Corporation (CVC)

Author keywords

Adoption; Erosion; Farmer participation; Methodology; Participatory methods; Soil conservation; Technology transfer and recommendations

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; DEVELOPING WORLD; FARMERS' PERCEPTION; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; SOIL CONSERVATION;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 0030451551     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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