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Determinants of Soil Capital

Explaining soil capital facilitates a better understanding of constraints and opportunities for increased agricultural production and reduced land degradation. The diversity in farmers’ soil capital, production strategies, and general farming systems (including conservation investments) points to the value of internalizing these aspects in the formulation of the government’s policies and extension advice on sustainable agriculture.

Files

Centers

  • eeu sweden

Type of publication

  • EfD Discussion paper

Reference

Anders Ekbom, ”Determinants of Soil Capital”, EfD Discussion Paper 08-21, a joint publication of the Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future (www.rff.org), Washington DC. June 2008.

Publications

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