Profitability of barley and peas mixed intercropping in the subsistence farming systems of the Nepalese hills

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 465-474

  Subedi, K D ^a,b  

^a Lumle Agricultural Research Centre Nepal   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM VULGARE; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0031659156     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479798004037     Document Type: Article

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