Local knowledge of soils: The case of contrast in Côte d'Ivoire

Geoderma

Volumn 111, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 481-502

  Birmingham, Deirdre M ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

B t ; Ethnopedology; Indigenous knowledge; Ivory Coast; Local knowledge; Senufo

Indexed keywords

INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL TYPE; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

EID: 0037302202     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(02)00278-1     Document Type: Article

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