Soil nutrient status of smallholder farms in Malawi

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 29, Issue 17-18, 1998, Pages 2571-2588

  Snapp, S S ^a  

^a Intl Crops Res Inst Semi Arid T   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALLHOLDER; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT;

MALAWI;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031711905     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103629809370135     Document Type: Article

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