Acceptability of forage legumes for improved fallows - First experiences of agro-pastoralists in subhumid Southwest Nigeria

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 495-507

  Muhr, L ^a   Tarawali, S A ^b,c   Peters, M ^a,b   Schultze Kraft, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)   (Nigeria)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; STYLOSANTHES; STYLOSANTHES GUIANENSIS;

EID: 0035707659     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0014479701000436     Document Type: Article

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