Assessment of the impact of water erosion on productivity of maize in Kenya: An integrated modelling approach

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 577-592

  Mantel, S ^a   Van Engelen, V W P ^a  

^a ISRIC WORLD SOIL INFORMATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Land degradation; Land evaluation; Land quality indicator; Simulation models

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CROP PRODUCTION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND DEGRADATION; MAIZE; PRODUCTIVITY; WATER EROSION;

KENYA;

EID: 0033500991     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-145X(199911/12)10:6<577::AID-LDR365>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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