Can shifting cultivation on acid soils in the southeast asia be sustainable in the future? A case study in Northern Laos

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 767-770

  Sakurai, Katsutoshi ^a   Okabayashi, Yukoh ^a,d   Tanaka, Sota ^a   Watanabe, Etsuko ^b,e   Boonyanuphap, Jaruntorn ^b   Nouanthasing, Lasay ^c  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry   (Laos)

^d Escuela Nacional de Agricultura Roberto Quinonez   (El Salvador)

^e NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Northern Laos; Population capacity; Shifting cultivation; Sustainability; Upland rice

Indexed keywords

BROUSSONETIA; BROUSSONETIA PAPYRIFERA; MORUS (PLANT);

EID: 33749361160     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0765.2005.tb00109.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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