Farmers' perception and socio-economic determinants on land degradation in northern lao PDR: A case study of maize farming

European Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 502-511

  Southavilay, Boundeth ^a   Nanseki, Teruaki ^a   Takeuchi, Shigeyoshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Farmers' perception; Land degradation; Laos; Logistic regression; Maize farmers; Socio economic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857753625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14502267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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