Living in a fragile ecosystem: Indigenous soil management in the hills of Nepal

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dc.contributor.authorTamang, D.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialNepalen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:19:01Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:19:01Zen
dc.date.issued1993en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractSeveral individuals and organisations have expressed concern about soil fertility problems in Nepal. A majority of those consulted while conducting the present study indicated that natural factors such as heavy seasonal precipitation, the erosion-prone nature of the soil, its steep topography and the removal of ground cover, make the country's hill soils particularly vulnerable to leaching of organic matter and micronutrients. Conventional wisdom separates and analyses in detail components that contribute to the problems of declining soil fertility - soil characteristics, compost, chemical fertiliser, soil erosion, landslides, irrigation, etc. But farmers view soil fertility as one of the major components in the regime of soil management. From their perspective, water, fertility, and labour management are interdependent, interactive and inseparable components of soil management.en
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dc.identifier2247en
dc.identifier.citationIIED Gatekeeper Series No. SA41en
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-84369-347-5en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66749en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherLondon, UK: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)en
dc.relation.urihttp://www.iied.org/pubs/pdf/full/6055IIED.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 1993 IIEDen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectManureen
dc.subjectSoil fertilityen
dc.subjectWater managementen
dc.subjectLaboren
dc.subjectCompostingen
dc.subjectNepalen
dc.subjectField Scaleen
dc.titleLiving in a fragile ecosystem: Indigenous soil management in the hills of Nepalen
dc.typeAbstracten
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