Smallholder farmer management impacts on particulate and labile carbon fractions of granitic sandy soils in Zimbabwe

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-15

  Mtambanengwe, F ^a   Mapfumo, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Soil Fertility Consortium for Southern Africa SOFECSA   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Maize yields; Organic matter management; Oxidizable carbon; Resource endowment; Smallholder farmers

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FARMING SYSTEM; MAIZE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SANDY SOIL; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

CROTALARIA; CROTALARIA JUNCEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 39549120675     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-007-9136-0     Document Type: Article

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