Integrating farmers' knowledge, attitude and practice in the development of sustainable Striga control interventions in southern Mali

Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-75

  Debrah, S K ^a,b   Defoer, T ^c,d   Bengaly, M ^c  

^a Intl Crop Res Inst Semi Arid T   (Mali)

^b Intl Fertilizer Development Center   (Togo)

^c Institut d'Economie Rurale IER   (Mali)

^d ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Farmers' knowledge; Mali; Participatory approach; Soil fertility improvement; Striga control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002802360     PISSN: 00282928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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