Nutrient losses from rain-fed bench terraced cultivation systems in high rainfall areas of the mid-hills of Nepal

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 486-499

  Acharya, G P ^a,b   McDonald, M A ^b   Tripathi, B P ^a,e   Gardner, R M ^c   Mawdesley, K J ^d  

^a Agricultural Research Station Lumle   (Nepal)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Royal Town Planning Institute   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Nepal IRRI Office   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Bench terraces; Erosion; Leaching; Nepal; Soil fertility; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; EROSION; NUTRIENTS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOILS;

BENCH TERRACES; MID-HILLS; NUTRIENT LOSSES; SOIL FERTILITY;

LANDFORMS;

CULTIVATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LANDHOLDING; NUTRIENT LOSS; RAINFALL; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SOIL FERTILITY; TERRACE;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

ANIMALIA; HARNESS; POACEAE;

EID: 35748978812     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.792     Document Type: Article

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