Agricultural intensification in the Sahel - The ladder approach

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-125

  Aune, Jens B ^a   Bationo, André ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute of CIAT (CIAT TSBF)   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Cowpea; Microfertilisation; Pearl millet; Seed priming; Sorghum

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FODDER; FOOD QUALITY; HARVESTING; LEGUME; MANURE; MILLET; SORGHUM;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ERITREA; SAHEL [ERITREA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM;

EID: 50249088723     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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