Participatory on-farm comparative assessment of organic and conventional farmers' practices in Kenya

Biological Agriculture and Horticulture

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 295-314

  Onduru, D D ^a   Diop, J M ^b   Van der Werf, E ^c   De Jager, A ^d  

^a Kenya Institute of Organic Farming   (Kenya)

^b Education Training Consultants The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Development Organisation   (Uganda)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; CROP PERFORMANCE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; ORGANIC FARMING;

AGRONOMY; COMPOST; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FARMING SYSTEM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRAIN YIELD; KENYA; MAIZE; MANURE; NITROGEN BALANCE; ORGANIC FARMING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

KENYA;

EID: 0036247748     PISSN: 01448765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2002.9754935     Document Type: Article

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