Indigenous soil and water conservation by teras in eastern Sudan

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-26

  Van Dijk, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Arid lands; Indigenous techniques; Soil and water conservation; Sudan; Water harvesting

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BUND TECHNIQUE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INDIGENOUS TECHNOLOGY; SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; TERAS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER HARVESTING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

SUDAN;

EID: 0031469978     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-145x(199703)8:1<17::aid-ldr243>3.0.co;2-k     Document Type: Article

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