Alley cropping - Soil productivity and nutrient recycling

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-82

  Kang, B T ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Alley cropping; Nutrient cycling; Productivity; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ALLEY CROPPING; LAND DEGRADATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL PRODUCTIVITY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; TROPICS;

AFRICA, (SUB-SAHARA);

EID: 0030769497     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1127(96)03886-8     Document Type: Article

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