Partnership with Malawian farmers to develop organic matter technologies

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 167-175

  Kanyama Phiri, George Yobe ^a   Snapp, Sieglinde ^c   Minae, Susan ^b  

^a LILONGWE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Malawi)

^b GOM EU Microprojects I   (Malawi)

^c International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)   (Malawi)

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EID: 0040583510     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003072709802700307     Document Type: Article

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