African land ecology: Opportunities and constraints for agricultural development

Ambio

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 367-373

  Voortman, Roelf L ^a   Sonneveld, Ben G J S ^a   Keyzer, Michiel A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

AFRICA;

EID: 0141635260     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-32.5.367     Document Type: Review

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