Soil chemical properties under modern and traditional farming systems at Khagrachari, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh

Journal of Forestry Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 451-456

  Biswas, Shampa ^a   Swanson, Mark E ^b   Shoaib, Jalal Uddin Md ^c   Sirajul Haque, S M S ^d  

^a INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Krishikhamr Sarak   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

chemical properties; modern and traditional farming system; sloping agricultural land Technology; sustainable hill farming system

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; FOREST COVER; HILL FARMING; LAND DEGRADATION; ORGANIC CARBON; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POPULATION GROWTH; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BANGLADESH; CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS; CHITTAGONG [BANGLADESH];

EID: 78650053674     PISSN: 1007662X     EISSN: 19930607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11676-010-0096-x     Document Type: Article

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