Grounded in the landscape: Eliciting farmers' understanding of soil and soil fertility, Mali (West Africa)
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2002
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Watkinsville, GA: SANREM CRSP
Abstract
In order to develop convincing messages and sustainable interventions, it is necessary to understand how farmers themselves perceive soil conditions and how these perceptions influence their soil management and land use decisions. This brief illustrates an ethno-scientific methodology for eliciting farmers' conceptualization of soil and soil fertility.
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Soil nutrients, Soil management, Soil fertility, Soil quality, Social marketing, Nutrient management, Local knowledge, Agricultural ecosystems, Fertilization, Manure, Madiama, Mali, Soil classification, Ethnoscience, Semantics research, Farm/Enterprise Scale Field Scale
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SANREM CRSP Research Brief 2002 No. 11