Alley farming: A sustainable technology for crops and livestock production

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 131-144

  Ogunlana, Elizabeth A ^a   Salokhe, Vilas ^a   Lund, Ranghild ^b  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alley farming; Crops and livestock production; Environmental effects; Leguminous trees; Rural development strategies; Sustainable technology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVIDAE; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA;

EID: 33847661959     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J064v29n01_10     Document Type: Article

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