"God Made the Soil, but We Made It Fertile": Gender, Knowledge, and Practice in the Formation and Use of African Dark Earths in Liberia and Sierra Leone

This paper describes West African farming practices and knowledge that lead to the formation of carbon-rich highfertility African Dark Earths (AfDE) — human-made soils analogous to Amazonian terra preta, yet subject to continuing production and use. Gender relations and women's roles are centra...

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Published in:	Human ecology : an interdisciplinary journal Vol. 42; no. 5; pp. 695 - 710
Main Authors:	Frausin, Victoria, Fraser, James Angus, Narmah, Woulay, Lahai, Morrison K., Winnebah, Thomas R. A., Fairhead, James, Leach, Melissa
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Boston Springer 01.10.2014 Springer US Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Agricultural management Agricultural practices Agricultural production Agricultural soils Agriculture Agrology Anthropogenic factors Anthropology Carbon cooking Crops Ecological studies Elaeis guineensis Environmental Factors Environmental Management farming systems Female roles Females Fertility Food preparation Forces and relations of production Forest soils Gender Gender relations Geography Geology horticulture Knowledge Landscape landscapes Liberia marriage Men NGOs Nongovernmental organizations Opposite Sex Relations Petroleum planning Policy making Political ecology Sex Sierra Leone Social Sciences Sociology Soil ecology Soil fertility Spatial Analysis Spatial distribution Sustainable agriculture terra preta Tree crops trees Upland soils Women Liberia Sierra Leone Africa Liberia Sierra Leone Agriculture Anthropogenic dark earths Biochar
ISSN:	0300-7839, 1572-9915
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