Farmers' perceptions and knowledge of soil fertility degradation in two contrasting sites in western Kenya

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 557-564

  Odendo, M ^a,b   Obare, G ^b,c   Salasya, B ^a  

^a KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Farmers' perceptions; Kenya; Local indicators; Ordered logit; Soil degradation

Indexed keywords

FARMERS' PERCEPTIONS; KENYA; LOCAL INDICATORS; ORDERED LOGIT; SOIL DEGRADATION;

CROPS; DEGRADATION; FERTILIZERS;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; LAND DEGRADATION; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL FERTILITY;

KENYA; NYANZA; SIAYA; VIHIGA; WESTERN PROVINCE [KENYA];

EID: 78649659510     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.996     Document Type: Article

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