Field-scale analysis of water and nutrient use efficiency for vegetable production in a West African urban agricultural system

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 207-224

  Sangare, Sheick K ^a,b   Compaore, Emmanuel ^b   Buerkert, Andreas ^c   Vanclooster, Marnik ^a   Sedogo, Michel P ^b   Bielders, Charles L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUT DE L ENVIRONNEMENT ET DE RECHERCHES AGRICOLES INERA   (Burkina Faso)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Resources management; Urban agricultural systems; Water and nutrient use efficiency; West Africa

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DRAINAGE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FIELD METHOD; GARDEN; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; LEACHING; LYSIMETER; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AGRICULTURE; VEGETABLE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; YIELD RESPONSE;

BOBO DIOULASSO; BURKINA FASO;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; DAUCUS CAROTA; JOTURUS PICHARDI; LACTUCA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84857196031     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-012-9484-2     Document Type: Article

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