Exploring options for sustainable beef cattle ranching in the humid tropics: A case study for the Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-161

  Bouman, B A M ^a   Nieuwenhuyse, A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fertilizer; Grass legume; Linear programming; Soil nitrogen mining

Indexed keywords

LIVESTOCK FARMING; RANCHING; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

COSTA RICA;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0033033747     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(98)00087-0     Document Type: Article

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