A survey of soil fertility management in small-scale farming systems in north eastern zimbabwe

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 19-39

  Campbell, Bruce ^a   Frost, Peter ^a   Kirchmann, Holger ^b   Swift, Mike ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOST; FERTILITY; MANDARIN; MANURE; RESIDUE; ZIMBABWE;

FARMING SYSTEM; FERTILISATION; SMALLHOLDERS; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031863987     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J064v11n02_04     Document Type: Article

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