Approaches to assessing sustainable agriculture

Ciencia del Suelo

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 55-68

  Zinck, J A ^a   Berroteran J L ^b   Farshad, A ^a   Moameni, A ^c   Swokabi, S ^d   Van Ranst, E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^c Soil and Water Research Institute Iran   (Iran)

^d KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cropping system; Farming system; Land management system; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CROPPING PRACTICE; FARMING SYSTEM; LAND MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

IRAN; KENYA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0242485271     PISSN: 03263169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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