Evaluation of the utilization of heated sewage sludge for peri-urban horticulture production in the Sahel of West Africa

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-40

  Hayashi, Keiichi ^a   Abdoulaye, Tahirou ^b   Wakatsuki, Toshiyuki ^c  

^a ICRISAT Sahelian Center   (Niger)

^b Institut National de Recherches Agronomiques du Niger   (Niger)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heated sewage sledge (HSS); Millet based cropping system; Net returns; Peri urban horticulture; Sahel

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING PRACTICE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; HORTICULTURE; MILLET; SEWAGE;

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

LACTUCA;

EID: 70449130492     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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