Erosion/productivity modelling of maize farming in the Philippine uplands part I: Parameterising the agricultural production systems simulator

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-146

  Nelson, R A ^a   Dimes, J P ^a   Paningbatan, E P ^b   Silburn, D M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FARMING SYSTEM; HEDGEROW; INTERCROPPING; MAIZE; METHODOLOGY; MODELING; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL EROSION; UPLAND REGION;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 0031760854     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(98)00043-2     Document Type: Article

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