Forty percent revenue increase by combining organic and mineral nutrient amendments in Ugandan smallholder market vegetable production

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 831-839

  Kearney, Sean ^a   Fonte, Steven J ^b   Salomon, Abraham ^a   Six, Johan ^a   Scow, Kate M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Brassica oleracea; Cattle manure; Integrated soil fertility management; Nitrogen; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; AGRONOMY; BIOMASS; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FOOD MARKET; GROWING SEASON; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MANURE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; POVERTY; RURAL AREA; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL FERTILITY; UREA;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

BOS; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA;

EID: 84870889942     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-012-0097-6     Document Type: Article

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