Napier grass strips and livestock: A bioeconomic analysis

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-58

  Magcale Macandog, D B ^a   Predo, C D ^a   Menz, K M ^b   Calub, A D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Mandala Development Corporation (MADECOR) Group of Companies   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Hedgerow; Maize; Mulch; Pennisetum purpureum

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BUFFER STRIP; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EROSION CONTROL; YIELD;

ASIA, (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 0031825192     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006065626800     Document Type: Article

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