From nutrient balances towards soil organic matter dynamics

Fishponds in Farming Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 107-123

  Stoorvogel, Jetse ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fertility; Kenya; Nitrogen; Nutmon; Soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957173591     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-596-3     Document Type: Chapter

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