Building on diversity: Pathways to agricultural intensification in Burkina Faso

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISS. 2, 1999, Pages 125-137

  Mertz, Ole ^a   Reenberg, Anette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aerial photos; Boulgou province; Cash crops; Crop diversity; Intercropping; Labour availability; Land use; Traditional crops

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPOST; CROPPING SYSTEM; DENMARK; FOOD PRODUCTION; INORGANIC FERTILIZER; LAND USE; MANURE;

CROP PRODUCTION; FOOD PRODUCTION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND USE;

BOULGOU PROVINCE; BURKINA FASO;

EID: 0033383097     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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