Yield trends in the long-term crop rotation with organic and inorganic fertilisers on Alisols in Mata (Rwanda)

Biotechnology, Agronomy and Society and Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 217-228

  Rutunga, Venant ^a   Neel, Henri ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Former soil scientist in Agricultural Research Institute of Rwanda   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

Alisols under grass; Crop rotation; Inorganic and organic fertilisers; Mata Rwanda; Yield improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 36649030517     PISSN: 13706233     EISSN: 17804507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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