Soil erosion, indigenous irrigation and environmental sustainability, Marakwet, Kenya

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 109-122

  Adams, W M ^a   Watson, E E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Indigenous agriculture; Irrigation; Kenya; Soil conservation; Soil erosion; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SOIL CONSERVATION;

SOIL EROSION;

IRRIGATION;

FARMERS ATTITUDE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; IRRIGATION; KNOWLEDGE; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SUSTAINABILITY;

KENYA;

EID: 0037284477     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.528     Document Type: Article

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