Expansion of mechanised rain-fed agriculture and land-use/land-cover change in Southern Gadarif, Sudan

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 5, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1609-1615

  Sulieman, Hussein M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GADARIF   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Change detection; Gadarif; Mechanised agriculture; Remote sensing; Sudan; Vegetation clearance

Indexed keywords

SESAMUM INDICUM;

EID: 77954977369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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