An ethnographic exploration of the impacts of HIV/AIDS on soil fertility management among smallholders in Butula, western Kenya

NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 167-177

  Misiko, M ^a  

^a TSBF CIAT   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Capital; HIV AIDS prevalence; Household; Labour; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGRICULTURAL LABOR; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CAPITAL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH IMPACT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; POVERTY; RURAL ECONOMY; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL FERTILITY;

AFRICA; BUTULA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN PROVINCE [KENYA];

EID: 63349107973     PISSN: 15735214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-5214(08)80005-X     Document Type: Article

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