Appraisal of local farmers' practices on land management for a guideline of agricultural development in the Sahel zone of Niger, West Africa

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-69

  Hayashi, Keiichi ^a,b   Abdoulaye, Tahirou ^a,c   Matsunaga, Ryoichi ^a,b   Tobita, Satoshi ^a  

^a JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b ICRISAT Sahelian Center   (Niger)

^c Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger   (Niger)

Author keywords

Cereal productions; Farmers' knowledge; Farming system; Organic matter management; Sandy soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749134741     PISSN: 00213551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6090/jarq.43.63     Document Type: Article

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