Developing alternative farm plans for cropping system decision making

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 431-442

  Abdulkadri, Abdullahi O ^a   Ajibefun, Igbekele A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPPING PRACTICES; DECISION MAKING; FARM PLANNING; FOOD PRODUCTION; PLAN DEVELOPMENT;

NIGERIA, ONDO STATE;

EID: 0032053371     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(97)00058-9     Document Type: Article

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