Effects of soil and crop management practices on yields, income and nutrients losses from upland farming systems in the Middle Mountains region of Nepal

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 241-253

  Tiwari, Krishna R ^a,c   Sitaula, Bishal K ^a   Bajracharya, Roshan M ^b   Børresen, Trond ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Crop harvest; Farm income; Leaching; Nutrient balance; Runoff; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FARMING SYSTEM; HARVESTING; LEACHING; MANURE; NUTRIENT LOSS; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TILLAGE;

BAGMATI; HIMALAYAS; MIDDLE HILLS; NEPAL; POKHARE KHOLA;

CAPSICUM; ELEUSINE; ELEUSINE CORACANA; VIGNA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77952675961     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-009-9289-0     Document Type: Article

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