Soil resources and land use in Tropical Asia

Pedosphere

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-57

  Kyuma, K ^a  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Coastal lowland; Land shortage; Paddy rice land; Slopeland; Sustainable land use

Indexed keywords

HILL FARMING; LAND USE; PADDY FARMING; RICE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TROPICAL SOIL;

(SOUTHEAST); ASIA;

EID: 0042428854     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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