Scattered shrubs in pearl millet fields in semiarid Niger: Effect on millet production

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 219-228

  Wezel, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competition; Fallow; Guiera senegalensis; Soil conservation; Soil fertility; West Africa

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; MILLET; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILITY;

NIGER;

GUIERA; GUIERA SENEGALENSIS; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM;

EID: 0033997955     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006382814180     Document Type: Article

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