A Case of Farmer Adaptation and Adoption of Contour Hedgerows for Soil Conservation
After farmer-to-farmer training, farmers at an upland research site in the Philippines adapted and adopted contour hedgerows over a period of four years. They developed hedgerow establishment methods that required less labour, eliminated grasses that were too competitive with crops, stopped planting...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge University Press
1993
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/166287 |
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