Agricultural intensification and the impacts on soil fertility in the Middle Mountains of Nepal

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 323-332

  Von Westarp, Stefanie ^a   Schreier, Hans ^b   Brown, Sandra ^b   Shah, P B ^c  

^a Canadian International Development Agency   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Phosphorus; Potassium; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL FERTILITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; MIDDLE HILLS; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 7944233233     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/s03-053     Document Type: Article

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