Environmental Research Journal

Year: 2010
Volume: 4
Issue: 4
Page No. 272 - 280

Livelihood Diversification Strategies and Soil Erosion on Mount Elgon, Eastern Uganda: A Socio-Economic Perspective

Authors : F. Mugagga, M. Buyinza and V. Kakembo

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