The dynamics of social capital in influencing use of soil management options in the Chinyanja Triangle of Southern Africa

Ecology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Nijuki, Jemimah M ^a   Mapila, Mariam T ^b   Zingore, Shamie ^c   Delve, Robert ^c  

^a International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute of CIAT

Author keywords

Gender; Smallholder farmers; Social Capital; Soil management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; GENDER ROLE; LOGIT ANALYSIS; SMALLHOLDER; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 58749096397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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