Crane, T.2016-04-192016-04-192002SANREM CRSP Research Brief 2002 No. 1128_craneBrief.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65706In 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.application/pdfen-USSoil nutrientsSoil managementSoil fertilitySoil qualitySocial marketingNutrient managementLocal knowledgeAgricultural ecosystemsFertilizationManureMadiamaMaliSoil classificationEthnoscienceSemantics researchFarm/Enterprise Scale Field ScaleWorking paper