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National Review on Land Degradation workshops/survey of extension officers (367 districts)

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Kind author survey or fieldwork
Producer Hoffman, Todd et al. for DEA&T
Coverage 1997-1998
Works using it 2

Debates

Debate Works
Agricultural policy, productivity, farm size and land reform 2
Data reliability and econometric method 1

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
Hoffman and Todd (2000) Land degradation audit workshops (34 participatory workshops, 1997-98) with agricultural extension officers and resource conservation technicians, covering 367 magisterial districts 1997-1998 (perceptions of change over previous ten years) Generates the consensus soil, veld and combined degradation indices and land use data per district, which are the dependent variables and mapped findings.
Wessels (2011) National Review on Land Degradation (NRLD) survey of 453 extension workers and conservation technicians on 367 magisterial districts c. 1990s-2000s (not specified) Cited as an earlier perception-based survey that identified severe degradation in former homelands/communal areas, and as a baseline that is not repeatable.