Gender and soil fertility in Uganda: A comparison of soil fertility indicators for women and men's agricultural plots

African Studies Quarterly

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages

  Nkedi Kizza, Peter ^a   Aniku, Jacob ^b   Awuma, Kafui ^c   Gladwin, Christina H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c NONE

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