Farmers' perceptions of the role of scattered vegetation in wind erosion control on arable land in Burkina Faso

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 327-337

  Leenders, Ja Kolien ^a   Visser, S M ^a   Stroosnijder, L ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Farmers' perception; Farming systems; Sahel; Scattered vegetation; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

CROPS; EROSION; FARMS; LAND USE; SOILS; WIND EFFECTS;

BURKINA FASO; FARMERS PERCEPTION; FARMING SYSTEM; SAHEL; SCATTERED VEGETATION; WIND EROSION;

VEGETATION;

ARABLE LAND; VEGETATION; WIND EROSION;

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

EID: 23644443838     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.657     Document Type: Article

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