Variations in yield response to fertilizer application in the tropics: II. Risks and opportunities for smallholders cultivating maize on Kenya's arable land

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-95

  Rotter R ^a   Van Keulen, H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP GROWTH MODELLING; CROP YIELD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FERTILISER APPLICATION; FERTILISER USE; MAIZE PRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE; TROPICAL AGRICULTURE; YIELD RESPONSE;

KENYA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0342981461     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(96)00037-6     Document Type: Article

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