Village-level studies on rice-based cropping systems in the low-lying areas of Bangladesh: II. Toposequence, hydrology, land classification and cropping patterns in the Bogra District of the Barind Tract

Japanese Journal of Crop Science

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 118-128

  Rashid, Md Abdur ^a   Ando, Kazuo ^a   Tanaka, Koji ^a   Kaida, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Cropping pattern; Land classification; Multiple cropping; Shallow tube well irrigation; Toposequence

Indexed keywords

AIRA;

EID: 0031000988     PISSN: 00111848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/jcs.66.118     Document Type: Article

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