Ecological engineering for sustainable food production and the restoration of degraded watersheds in tropics of low pH soils: Focus on West Africa

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 629-636

  Wakatsuki, Toshiyuki ^a   Masunaga, Tsugiyuki ^b  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ecological engineering; Inland valleys; Multi functionality of sawah system; Restoration of degraded watersheds; Sub Sahara West Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746435529     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0765.2005.tb00079.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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