Farmer's perceptions of soil erosion and its consequences in India's semiarid tropics

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 257-271

  Kerr, J ^a   Pender, J ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion yield relationship; Farmer's perceptions; Hedonic price analysis; India; Interrater agreement; Semiarid tropics; Soil erosion; South Asia

Indexed keywords

CROPS; ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; IRRIGATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

FARMERS; RILL EROSION; SEMIARID TROPICS; SOIL SURVEYORS;

EROSION;

CROP YIELD; PERCEPTION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL EROSION;

ECONOMICS; INVESTMENT; IRRIGATION; SOIL EROSION; TROPICS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 21044438158     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.649     Document Type: Article

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