Soil erosion and nutrient losses from a volcanic ash soil in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 95-117

  Våje, Per Ivar ^a   Singh, Bal Ram ^b   Lal, Rattan ^c  

^a Ctr for Soil and Environ Research   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Maize; Runoff plots; Soil erosion; Soil productivity; Tanzania; Volcanic soil

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENT LOSS; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; VOLCANIC ASH;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KILIMANJARO [TANZANIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 28844465179     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J064v26n04_07     Document Type: Article

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