What future for integrated rice-vegetable production systems in West African lowlands?

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 88, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 376-394

  Erenstein, Olaf ^a   Sumberg, James ^b   Oswald, Andreas ^e   Levasseur, Virginie ^c   Koré, Harouna ^d  

^a CIMMYT   (India)

^b New Economics Foundation   (United Kingdom)

^c AVRDC THE WORLD VEGETABLE CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITÉ ABDOU MOUMOUNI   (Niger)

^e INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Peru)

Author keywords

Dimensions of integration; Integrated production systems; Lowland use; Rice vegetable interaction; West Africa

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; RICE;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33644500203     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2005.07.006     Document Type: Article

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