Modeling biomass flows at the farm level: A discussion support tool for farmers

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 505-513

  Andrieu, Nadine ^a,b   Nogueira, Daniel Maia ^c  

^a UMR INNOVATION   (France)

^b CIRDES ^*  (Burkina Faso)

^c EMBRAPA SEMIÁRIDO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caatinga; Mixed crop livestock farming systems; Simulation model; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; BIOMASS; ECOREGION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MIXED FARMING; POPULATION PRESSURE; SEMIARID REGION; SIMULATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION TYPE;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; CENCHRUS; CENCHRUS CILIARIS; OPUNTIA;

EID: 77951215978     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/agro/2009047     Document Type: Article

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