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dc.contributor.authorShisanya, C.A.
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-20T13:15:29Z
dc.date.available2014-05-20T13:15:29Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.identifier.citationFood, Agriculture & Environment, Vol.1 (3&4), August-December 2003en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/9550
dc.description.abstractAgriculture provides a major share of national income and export earnings in many developing countries while ensuring food security, income and employment to a large proportion of the population. Many people in developing countries rely on the land to sustain their livelihoods. Land may also inspire cultural and spiritual values, and more generally strengthen a sense of belonging. Fertile, good quality soils are an essential component for farming. Soil is a living system of organisms reacting with organic and inorganic matter. The soil quality comprises a range of chemical, physical and biological factors, which together affect the productive potential of the land. For our purposes, soil degradation can be defined as a permanent decline in the rate at which land yields products that are useful for sustaining livelihoods. Examples of soil degradation processes include erosion, declining soil organic matter, soil nutrient depletion, compaction, acidification, salinisation and soil pollution. In this research note, I examine the response by smallholder farmers in Eastern Africa to soil nutrient depletion using locally available resources.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWFL Publisher Science and Technologyen_US
dc.subjectFarmingen_US
dc.subjectecologyen_US
dc.subjectsoil fertilityen_US
dc.subjectagricultural practicesen_US
dc.titleA note on the response by smallholder farmers to soil nutrient depletion in the East African highlandsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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