Investing in soils: Field bunds and microcatchments in Burkina Faso

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 571-591

  Kazianga, Harounan ^a   Masters, William A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop livestock intensification; Natural resource management; Property rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346299312     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X02000335     Document Type: Article

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