Food crop yields and soil properties under population pressure in sub-Saharan Africa: The case of cassava in southeast Nigeria

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-34

  Asadu, Charles L A ^a   Enete, Anselm A ^a  

^a Carolyn House ^*  (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0041047761     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003072709702600107     Document Type: Article

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