The economic potential and farmer perceptions of herbaceous legume fallows in Ghana

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 269-287

  Obiri, Beatrice Darko ^a   Bright, Geoff ^b   Mcdonald, Morag ^b   Jatango, John Ayisi ^c   Cobbina, Joseph ^a   Sinclair, Fergus ^b  

^a FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Ministry of Food and Agriculture   (Ghana)

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EID: 34447115001     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479707005005     Document Type: Article

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