Stratification and synthesis of crop-livestock production system using GIS

GeoJournal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 573-582

  Jagtap, Shrikant ^a   Amissah Arthur, Abigail ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CNES   (France)

Author keywords

Crop residue; Crop livestock; GIS; Integration; Manure; Nigeria; Stratification

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; GIS; LIVESTOCK FARMING;

AFRICA;

EID: 0032711783     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006995824626     Document Type: Article

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