Adoption and adaptation of improved soil management practices in the Eastern Ugandan Hills

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 58-70

  Mcdonagh, J ^a   Lu, Y ^a   Semalulu, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO)   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adoption; Multifunctionality; Recommendation domain; Soil management; Tolerance; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOPTION; MULTIFUNCTIONALITY; RECOMMENDATION DOMAIN; SOIL MANAGEMENT; UGANDA;

FITS AND TOLERANCES; RESEARCH;

AGRONOMY;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; LAND USE PLANNING; PERCEPTION; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

UGANDA;

EID: 84893809700     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1143     Document Type: Article

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