Environmental impacts of cocoa and rubber cultivation in Nigeria

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-49

  Okuneye, P A ^a   Aromolaran, A B ^a   Adetunji, M T ^a   Arowolo, T A ^a   Adebayo, K ^a   Ayinde, I A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Agrochemicals; Cocoa; Environment; Pollution; Production; Rubber

Indexed keywords

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 0037356213     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000003101294253     Document Type: Article

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