Indigenous knowledge and soil management

Sustaining Soil Fertility in West Africa

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 91-109

  Ishida, Fusako ^a   Tian, Guanglong ^a   Wakatsuki, Toshiyuki ^b  

^a IITA   (Niger)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthropological approach; Capital based technologies; Ikwo farmers; Indigenous soil knowledge; Izi farmers; soil management; Unscientific approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102019050     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaspecpub58.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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