Determinants of the availability of adequate millet stover for mulching in the sahel

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 1995, Pages 101-116

  Baidu Forson, J ^a  

^a ICRISAT Sahelian Center   (Niger)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AVAILABILITY DETERMINANT; DEVELOPING REGION; MULCHING EFFECT; SOIL IMPACT; STOVER AVAILABILITY; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; YIELD IMPACT;

AFRICA, SAHEL;

EID: 0029479915     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J064v05n01_08     Document Type: Article

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