Cropping strategies, soil fertility investment and land management practices by smallholder farmers in communal and resettlement areas in Zimbabwe

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 492-508

  Cobo, J G ^a,b   Dercon, G ^a   Monje, C ^a   Mahembe, P ^c   Gotosa, T ^c   Nyamangara, J ^c   Delve, R J ^b   Cadisch, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Conservation practices; Fertilizer use; Land reform; Maize productivity; Natural resource management; Nutrient balances; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER USE; MAIZE PRODUCTIVITY; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; NUTRIENT BALANCE; NUTRIENT BALANCES; ZIMBABWE;

AGRONOMY; CLAY; CONSERVATION; ECONOMICS; FERTILIZERS; LAND USE; NUTRIENTS; PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING PRACTICE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD SECURITY; LAND MANAGEMENT; MAIZE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; RURAL PLANNING; RURAL POLICY; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; VILLAGE;

ZIMBABWE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 76849085989     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.927     Document Type: Article

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