Participatory soil and water conservation planning using an erosion mapping tool in the central highlands of Kenya

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 303-319

  Okoba, B O ^a   Tenge, A J ^b   Sterk, Geert ^c   Stroosnijder, L ^c  

^a KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b Agricultural Research Institute Mlingano   (Tanzania)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Catchment approach; Financial analysis; Kenya; Soil and water conservation; Soil erosion class; Soil erosion indicators

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CROPS; FINANCE; PLANNING; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION;

CASH FLOW; FINANCIAL ANALYSIS; KENYA; SOIL EROSION;

EROSION;

CATCHMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CROP YIELD; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION;

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

EID: 34249887695     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.778     Document Type: Article

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