Fertilizer use in semiarid West Africa: Profitability and supporting policy

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 467-482

  Shapiro, B I ^a   Sanders, J H ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DEVELOPING REGION; FERTILISER USE; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

AFRICA, (WEST);

EID: 0032053385     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(97)00069-3     Document Type: Article

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