Contour farming based on natural vegetative strips: Expanding the scope for increased food crop production on sloping lands in Asia

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 323-336

  Garrity, Dennis P ^a  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Agroecology; Agroforestry; Buffer strips; Contour farming; Hedgerows; Landcare; Ridge tillage; Soil conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344340209     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1010091904395     Document Type: Article

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