Changes in soil organic matter following groundnut-millet cropping at three locations in semi-arid Senegal, West Africa

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 96, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 37-47

  Elberling, Bo ^a   Touré, Assize ^b   Rasmussen, Kjeld ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Third World Forum Dakar   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Groundnut cultivation; Land use; Senegal; Soil organic carbon (SOC); West Africa

Indexed keywords

GROUNDNUT; LAND USE; MILLET; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

SENEGAL;

ARACHIS; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; PENNISETUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM;

EID: 0038684583     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(03)00010-0     Document Type: Article

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