Modelling of soil nutrient budgets: An assessment of agricultural sustainability in Nepal

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 101-108

  Brown, S ^a   Schreier, H ^a   Shah, P B ^b   Lavkulich, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Land management; Models; Nepal; Nutrient balance; Soil fertility; Soils; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

NEPAL;

NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

NEPAL;

EID: 0032793497     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.1999.tb00072.x     Document Type: Article

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