Farmers' perceptions of soil erosion and management strategies in South Bengal in India

European Journal of Geography

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 85-100

  Shit, Pravat Kumar ^a   Bhunia, Gouri Sankar ^b   Maiti, Ramkrishna ^c  

^a Raja Narendra Lal Khan Women's College   (India)

^b IGSC Planetarium   (India)

^c VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Farmers' view; Households survey; Natural resource conservation; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946910244     PISSN: 17921341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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