Ecological characteristics influence farmer selection of on-farm plant density and bunch mass of low input East African highland banana (Musa spp.) cropping systems

Field Crops Research

Volumn 135, Issue , 2012, Pages 126-136

  Ndabamenye, T ^a   Van Asten, P J A ^b   Vanhoudt, N ^c   Blomme, G ^d   Swennen, R ^c   Annandale, J G ^a   Barnard, R O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^c Laboratory of Tropical Crop Improvement   (Belgium)

^d BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agro ecological sites; Intercrop; Water supply

Indexed keywords

ACRISOL; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGROECOLOGY; CASH CROPPING; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING PRACTICE; FRUIT; INTERCROPPING; NITOSOL; PROFITABILITY; RAINFALL; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL FERTILITY; UPLAND REGION; WATER SUPPLY;

EAST AFRICA; RWANDA;

MUSA;

EID: 84864471536     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2012.06.018     Document Type: Article

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