What kind of intensification? Agricultural practice, soil fertility and socioeconomic differentiation in rural Burkina Faso

Geographical Journal

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 70-82

  Gray, Leslie C ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Burkina Faso; Poverty; Soil degradation; Soil fertility; West Africa

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOIL FERTILITY;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 17744389580     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2005.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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