Nutrient management strategies of small-holder farmers in a short-fallow farming system in north-east Nigeria

Geographical Journal

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 275-285

  Harris, Frances ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intensification; Nigeria; Nutrient cycling; Semi arid; Smallholders

Indexed keywords

FALLOW; FARMING SYSTEM; NUTRIENT; SMALLHOLDER;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0033378425     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3060443     Document Type: Article

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