Slash-and-burn cultivation, firewood production and the lack of forest ecosystem management are the main factors of the degradation and gradual transformation of these village lands into savannah. Around the village of Kinduala, these factors have accentuated erosion of its soils. They are also causing local communities to change their cropping methods as their woodlands gradually disappear and are replaced by savannah crops. The aim of this study was to characterise perceptions of soils (typology and evolution) among farmers in a Batandu village community. During the study, two village meetings were organised, 36 surface soil samples were taken, 25 physico-chemical analyses were conducted and a soil profile was investigated. When observing the surface soil layer, the Batandu distinguished between four soil horizons (kanga, kibuma, nzielo and kiniengi) according to colour and texture and how easily they could be worked. The preferred soils for crops were the kibuma and kiniengi types. The Batandu are aware of changes in the surface layers of their soils that are due to cultivation and rain. However, they do not clearly perceive changes in their soils at greater depths, or how these changes are linked to ongoing soil erosion. Through this study, we were able to identify local knowledge and its limita- tions and to develop a diagram of soil erosion processes. To slow down erosion, improved cultivation practices will need to be incorporated into simple management plans developed by the local communities to supplement reforestation and agro-forestry plantations of Acacia auriculiformis. ; La agricultura de tala y quema, la producción de leña y la ausencia de gestión de los ecosistemas forestales son la causa de la degradación y progresiva sabanización de estos espacios. Estos fenómenos han acentuado los procesos erosivos en las tierras de la aldea de Kinduala. También han hecho que la población modifique sus prácticas de cultivo debido a la progresiva desaparición de espacios forestales que han ido transformándose ...