Farmers' knowledge of soils in relation to cropping practices: A case study of farmers in upland rice based slash-and-burn systems of northern Laos

Geoderma

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 64-74

  Saito, Kazuki ^a   Linquist, Bruce ^b   Keobualapha, Bounthanh ^c   Shiraiwa, Tatsuhiko ^a   Horie, Takeshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Office   (Laos)

Author keywords

Indigenous knowledge; Laos; Slash and burn; Soil; Upland rice

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CROPS; FARMS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BLACK SOILS; FARMERS; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; SLASH AND BURN;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING PRACTICE; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; PADDY FIELD; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOIL QUALITY; UPLAND REGION;

LAOS; RICE; SOIL;

ASIA; EURASIA; LAOS; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

SESAMUM INDICUM;

EID: 33751073171     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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