Gender and soil fertility in Africa: Introduction

African Urban Quarterly

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 1-24

  Gladwin, Christina H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; SOIL FERTILITY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23344451566     PISSN: 07476108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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