Rehabilitation of degraded lands by means of fallowing in a semi-arid area of northern Nigeria

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 133-144

  Abubakar, S M ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Degradation; Fallowing; Rehabilitation; Semi arid areas; Soil properties; Statistical difference; Subsoil; Topsoil

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FALLOW PERIOD; FALLOWING; LAND REHABILITATION; SOIL RESTORATION;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0030478279     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-145X(199606)7:2<133::AID-LDR223>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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