Social norms, tenure security and soil conservation: Evidence from Burundi

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 108, Issue , 2012, Pages 50-63

  Beekman, Gonne ^a   Bulte, Erwin H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; Customary land rights; Erosion control; Institutions; Social norms; Tenure security

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EROSION CONTROL; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INVESTMENT; LAND RIGHTS; LAND TENURE; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL FERTILITY;

BURUNDI;

EID: 84857016613     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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