Soil nutrient harvesting in indigenous teras water harvesting in eastern Sudan

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 323-330

  Niemeijer, D ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; SOIL CONSERVATION; TECHNOLOGY; WATER CONSERVATION;

EASTERN SUDAN; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT HARVESTING; TERAS WATER HARVESTING SYSTEM;

HARVESTING;

SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

SUDAN;

EID: 0032128684     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-145X(199807/08)9:4<323::AID-LDR295>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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