The dynamics of soil fertility change: Historical perspectives on environmental transformation from Zimbabwe

Geographical Journal

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-169

  Scoones, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental history.; Soil fertility; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; SOIL FERTILITY;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031544915     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3060179     Document Type: Article

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