Soil fertility decline and economic policy reform in Sub-Saharan Africa

Land Use Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-74

  Heerink, Nico ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Africa; Economic policy; Food prices; Soil degradation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REFORM; FOOD MARKET; PRICE DYNAMICS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 7744243640     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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