Farmers' identification of erosion indicators and related erosion damage in the Central Highlands of Kenya

Catena

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 292-301

  Okoba, Barrack Ouma ^a   Sterk, Geert ^b  

^a KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Current erosion indicators; Erosion weights; Farmers' soil erosion indicators; Kenya; Past erosion indicators; Soil degradation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION STATUS; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; HILLSLOPE; RAINFALL; SOIL EROSION; SURVEY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CATHA EDULIS;

EID: 33646485523     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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