Horizontal nutrient fluxes and food safety in urban and peri-urban vegetable and millet cultivation of Niamey, Niger

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-102

  Diogo, Rodrigue V C ^a   Buerkert, Andreas ^a   Schlecht, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microbial contamination; Nutrient balance; Urban agriculture; West Africa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CULTIVATION; FOOD SAFETY; HEAVY METAL; MILLET; NUTRIENT BUDGET; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RECYCLING; RIVER WATER; URBAN AGRICULTURE; WASTEWATER;

NIAMEY [NIGER]; NIGER [WEST AFRICA];

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTUCA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 77953022052     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-009-9315-2     Document Type: Article

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