Evaluating indicators of land degradation in smallholder farming systems of western Kenya

Geoderma

Volumn 195-196, Issue , 2013, Pages 192-200

  Waswa, Boaz S ^a   Vlek, Paul L G ^a   Tamene, Lulseged D ^b   Okoth, Peter ^c   Mbakaya, David ^d   Zingore, Shamie ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)   (Malawi)

^c International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)   (Kenya)

^d KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e INTERNATIONAL PLANT NUTRITION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Integrated soil fertility management (ISFM); Land degradation; Principal component analysis (PCA); Soil fertility indicators; Soil variability; Sustainable land management (SLM)

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC SOILS; AVAILABLE P; BIOTIC INTEGRITY; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; CRITICAL LEVEL; EVALUATING INDICATORS; FARMING SYSTEM; HIGH VARIABILITY; HYDROLOGIC FUNCTION; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; LAND MANAGEMENTS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RANDOM SAMPLING; SITE SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL LOSS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL VARIABILITIES; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

NUTRIENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SILT; SODIUM;

LAND USE;

LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; SAMPLING; SHEET EROSION; SITE SELECTION; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUBSOIL; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

KENYA;

EID: 84872181250     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.11.007     Document Type: Article

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