Nitrogen balances for households in the mid-hills of Nepal

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-72

  Pilbeam, C J ^a   Tripathi, B P ^b   Sherchan, D P ^c   Gregory, P J ^a   Gaunt, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b ARS Lumle   (Nepal)

^c Formerly ARS Pakhribas ^*  (Nepal)

^d ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Farming systems; N budget; Nepal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; COMPOST; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FORAGE; FOREST; LEACHING; MANURE; NEPAL; NITROGEN BALANCE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; SOIL EROSION; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; TREE;

FARMING SYSTEM; NITROGEN; SUSTAINABILITY;

NEPAL;

EID: 0034071056     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(99)00143-7     Document Type: Article

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