Manure as a key resource within smallholder farming systems: Analysing farm-scale nutrient cycling efficiencies with the NUANCES framework

Livestock Science

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 273-287

  Rufino, M C ^a   Tittonell, P ^a,b   van Wijk, M T ^a   Castellanos Navarrete, A ^a   Delve, R J ^c   de Ridder, N ^a   Giller, K E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CIAT   (Kenya)

^c CIAT   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

FARMSIM; Fuzzy logic modelling; HEAPSIM; NCE; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

BOS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 36248994732     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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