Farmers' knowledge of soils and the sustainability of agriculture in a saline water ecosystem in Southwestern Bangladesh

Geoderma

Volumn 111, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 333-353

  Ali, Abu Muhammad Shajaat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Farmers' typology of soils; Sustainable farming systems

Indexed keywords

FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; SALINE SOIL; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0037303485     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(02)00271-9     Document Type: Article

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