Evaluating NUTMON nutrient balancing in Sub-Saharan Africa

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-110

  Færge, Jens ^a   Magid, Jakob ^b  

^a Roy Vet and Agric University ^*  (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

N leaching; NUTMON; Nutrient balancing; Sub Saharan Africa; Transfer functions

Indexed keywords

LEACHING; NUTRIENT BUDGET; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 3442896307     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:FRES.0000029680.97610.51     Document Type: Article

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