Implications of local soil knowledge for integrated soil management in Latin America

Geoderma

Volumn 111, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 217-231

  Barrios, E ^a   Trejo, M T ^b  

^a Ctro Internacional de Agric Trop   (Colombia)

^b Ctro Internacional de Agric Trop   (Honduras)

Author keywords

Collective action; Colombia; Honduras; Landscape; Natural resource management; Participatory methodologies; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; NATURAL RESOURCE; SOIL MANAGEMENT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 0037303075     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(02)00265-3     Document Type: Article

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