Water erosion assessment using farmers' indicators in the West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania

Catena

Volumn 64, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 307-320

  Vigiak, Olga ^a,c   Okoba, Barrack O ^b   Sterk, Geert ^a   Stroosnijder, Leo ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c IWMI Laos   (Laos)

Author keywords

East African Highlands; Erosion indicators; Farmers' perception; Field erosion assessment; Indigenous knowledge; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; WATER EROSION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANGA [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA; USAMBARA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 29244445534     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2005.08.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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