Farmer adoption of improved nitrogen management technologies in rice farming: Technical constraints and opportunities for improvement

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-101

  Balasubramanian, V ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Balanced fertilization; Climatic constraints; Crop management; Integrated nutrient management; Nitrogen use efficiency; On farm technology adoption; Plant population; Soil constraints; Water control; Weeds pressure

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; NUTRIENT; RICE; SOIL MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0032942914     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009725428516     Document Type: Article

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