Targeting resources within diverse, heterogeneous and dynamic farming systems of East Africa

TITTONELL, P.

Wageningen University Press

Año: 2007 p. 233

978-90-8504-807-7

Smallholder farms in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are highly diverse and heterogeneous, often operating in complex socio-ecological environments. Much of the heterogeneity within the farming systems is caused by spatial soil variability, which results in its turn from the interaction between inherent soil/landscape variability and human agency through the history of management of different fields.