Organic resource management in banana-based cropping systems of the Lake Victoria Basin, Uganda

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 171-180

  Bekunda, Mateete A ^a   Woomer, Paul L ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Programme TSBF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Banana based cropping; Intercropping; Organic resource management; Smallholder agriculture; Soil fertility; Uganda

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY PRODUCTION; BANANA; BANANA CULTIVATION; BANANA PRODUCTION; CROP RESIDUES; CROPPING SYSTEM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INTERCROPPING; LIVESTOCK; ORGANIC MATTER; SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE; SMALLHOLDERS; SOIL FERTILITY;

UGANDA, LAKE VICTORIA BASIN;

EUPHORBIACEAE; FICUS NATALIENSIS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; MORACEAE; MUSA; MUSACEAE; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030251129     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-8809(96)01057-2     Document Type: Article

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