Comparing productivity of millet-based cropping systems in unstable environments of the Sahel: Possibilities and challenges

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-95

  Baidu Forson, J ^a   Renard, C ^b  

^a ICRISAT Sahelian Center   (Niger)

^b INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPPING SYSTEM; MILLET; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

AFRICA; SAHEL;

PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 0029668660     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0308-521x(95)00017-y     Document Type: Article

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