Zero net livelihood degradation-the quest for a multidimensional protocol to combat desertification

SOIL

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 129-134

  Easdale, Marcos H ^a  

^a Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRYLAND FARMING; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND DEGRADATION; LIVELIHOOD; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84989949896     PISSN: 21993971     EISSN: 2199398X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/soil-2-129-2016     Document Type: Article

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