Soil degradation-induced decline in productivity of sub-saharan african soils: The prospects of looking downwards the lowlands with the sawah ecotechnology

Applied and Environmental Soil Science

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Obalum, Sunday E ^a,b   Buri, Mohammed M ^c   Nwite, John C ^d   Hermansah, ^e   Watanabe, Yoshinori ^a   Igwe, Charles A ^a,b   Wakatsuki, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^c CSIR Soil Research Institute   (Ghana)

^d Federal College of Agriculture   (Nigeria)

^e ANDALAS UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

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EID: 84873852785     PISSN: 16877667     EISSN: 16877675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/673926     Document Type: Review

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