Fallow enrichment with pada (Macaranga denticulata (Bl.) Muell. Arg.) trees in rotational shifting cultivation in northern Thailand

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 79-86

  Yimyam, Narit ^a   Rerkasem, Kanok ^a   Rerkasem, Benjavan ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Improved fallow; Macaranga denticulata (Bl.) Muell. Arg.); Slash and burn; Upland rice

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; FALLOW; SHIFTING CULTIVATION;

THAILAND;

MACARANGA; MACARANGA DENTICULATA;

EID: 0038270520     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023949628251     Document Type: Article

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