Indigenous and scientific knowledge: The choice and management of cultivation sites by bedouin in Upper Egypt

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 240-245

  Briggs, J ^a   Pulford, I D ^a   Badri, M ^b   Shaheen, A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Arid soils; Egypt; Indigenous knowledge; Site selection; Soil management

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

EGYPT; NUBIAN DESERT;

EID: 0032418878     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.1998.tb00159.x     Document Type: Article

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