Farmers' land management practices and status of agricultural land in the jos plateau, nigeria

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 263-277

  Thapa, G B ^a   Yila, O M ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Crop yield; Land management technologies; Nigeria; Smallholder farmers; Soil erosion; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; LAND MANAGEMENTS; NIGERIA; SMALLHOLDER FARMERS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILITY;

DEGRADATION; FERTILIZERS; LAND USE; MANURES;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGROFORESTRY; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LEGUME; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MANURE; MULCHING; PLOWING; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILITY;

JOS PLATEAU; NIGERIA;

EID: 84865961768     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1079     Document Type: Article

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