Factors affecting variation in farm yields of irrigated lowland rice in southern-central Benin

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 46-53

  Tanaka, Atsuko ^a   Saito, Kazuki ^b   Azoma, Komla ^b   Kobayashi, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b AFRICA RICE CENTER AFRICARICE   (Benin)

Author keywords

Benin; Irrigation; Rice; West Africa; Yield determinent; Yield gap

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRONOMY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FIELD SURVEY; HARVESTING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PLOWING; RICE; WATER STRESS;

BENIN [WEST AFRICA];

RATTUS;

EID: 84865644248     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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