Intensification level of rice farming in Myanmar: Implication for its sustainable development

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-64

  Matsuda, Masahiko ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Burma; Fertilizer use efficiency; Paddy yield; Southeast Asia; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP YIELD; DELTA; ESTIMATION METHOD; FARMING SYSTEM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IRRIGATION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; RICE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA;

EID: 78650595469     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-010-9247-7     Document Type: Article

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