Nutrient management and farmers' concept of soil fertility and fertilisers: A case study in Southern Vietnam

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 180-189

  Hedlund, A ^a   Witter, E ^a   Hoang Fagerstrom M H ^a   An, Bui Xuan ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NONG LAM UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Farmers' concepts; Fertiliser; Nutrient management; Peri urban; PRA RRA methods; Soil fertility; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849123714     PISSN: 14735903     EISSN: 1747762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14735903.2004.9684577     Document Type: Article

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