Soil quality and soil productivity in Africa

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 75-90

  Eswaran, Hari ^a   Almaraz, Russell ^a   Reich, Paul ^a   Zdruli, Pandi ^a  

^a USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOIL PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL QUALITY;

AFRICA;

EID: 0031423650     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/j064v10n04_07     Document Type: Article

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