Adoption of tropical legume technology around the world: Analysis of success

Grassland: A Global Resource

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 149-166

  Shelton, H M ^a   Franzel, S ^b   Peters, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Animal production; Nitrogen fixation; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751004073     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-551-2     Document Type: Chapter

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