Uncovering Root Causes of Soil Erosion in the Philippines

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dc.contributor.authorOlabisi, L. S.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialNegros Islanden
dc.coverage.spatialThe Philippinesen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:29:33Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:29:33Zen
dc.date.issued2011en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis article explores the complex factors that contribute to soil erosion in the Philippines. The author argues that empirical evidence, scientific explanations, and conservation recommendations are not adequate enough to address the soil erosion issue in this country. Her framework uses both quantitative and qualitative analyses to explore which one might better our understanding of the causes behind this phenomenon. The author discovered that most farmers were implementing conservation agriculture practices but were not satisfied with them and they were not reducing erosion due to the steepness of the land. Overall, the farmers said the causes of soil erosion were lack of access to flat, quality land, limited education and skills, and poverty. The author concluded that stakeholders' perceptions of agricultural issues need to be considered in order to address these issues. Soil erosion and land degradation are complex problems and a wider variety of approaches need to be employed in order to understand their causes and their solutions.en
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dc.identifier5747en
dc.identifier.citationSociety and Natural Resources 25(1): 37-51en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2011.563435en
dc.identifier.issn0894-1920en
dc.identifier.issn1521-0723en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/69977en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherLondon, United Kingdom: Routledgeen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2012 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectStakeholdersen
dc.subjectSoil erosionen
dc.subjectSoil conservationen
dc.subjectSustainable agricultureen
dc.subjectConservation tillageen
dc.subjectLocal knowledgeen
dc.subjectSustainabilityen
dc.subjectThe Philippinesen
dc.subjectSystems thinkingen
dc.subjectWatersheden
dc.titleUncovering Root Causes of Soil Erosion in the Philippinesen
dc.typeAbstracten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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