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Indigenous knowledge of soil fertility management in southwest Niger
Henny Osbahr,Christie Allan +1 more
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In this paper, the authors identified a local ethnopedological framework that had fundamental differences from scientific systems and drew on varied ecological knowledge and experiences to make complex and dynamic farm decisions, as at other Sahelian villages.About:
This article is published in Geoderma.The article was published on 2003-02-01. It has received 60 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Traditional knowledge & Agroecology.read more
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A recent greening of the Sahel—trends, patterns and potential causes
TL;DR: The authors investigates the nature of a secular vegetation trend across the Sahel and discusses several potential causative factors, including increasing rainfall over the last few years, land use change and migration.
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The role of local knowledge in adaptation to climate change
TL;DR: In this article, the role of local knowledge at the local level is determined by interaction between informal and formal institutions at local level, and the authors suggest that assessments of the role for local knowledge for adaptation need to give more consideration to local power relations and the interaction with government strategies.
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A critical analysis of challenges and opportunities for soil fertility restoration in Sudano-Sahelian West Africa
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that the low adoption of improved management strategies and the lack of long-term investments in soil fertility can be attributed to low product prices for agricultural commodities, immediate cash needs, risk aversion and labour shortage of small-scale farmers across the region.
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The Political Ecology of Land Degradation
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify the three most significant debates including their different policy implications: desertification in the Sahel, nutrient depletion in Africa, and rural reforms in China.
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A comparison between indigenous environmental knowledge and a conventional vegetation analysis in north central Namibia
A. Verlinden,B. Dayot +1 more
TL;DR: Local communities use an indigenous classification of environmental land units for natural resource management in central north Namibia and these indigenous land units were compared with a conventional vegetation analysis to improve understanding by scientists.
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Basics of qualitative research : grounded theory procedures and techniques
Anselm L. Strauss,Juliet Corbin +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the uses of literature and open coding techniques for enhancing theoretical sensitivity of theoretical studies, and give guidelines for judging a grounded theory study.
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Determination of Total, Organic, and Available Forms of Phosphorus in Soils
Roger H. Bray,L. T. Kurtz +1 more
TL;DR: Bray and KURTZ as mentioned in this paper verified the total, organically and accessible forMS of phosphorus in soil, and showed that they are available in the US.
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Whose Reality Counts?: Putting the First Last
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Capitals and Capabilities: A Framework for Analyzing Peasant Viability, Rural Livelihoods and Poverty
TL;DR: In this article, the authors develop an analytical framework for analyzing rural livelihoods in terms of their sustainability and their implications for rural poverty, arguing that the analysis of rural livelihood needs to understand people's access to five types of capital asset and the ways in which they combine and transform those assets in the building of livelihoods that as far as possible meet their material and their experiential needs.
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