Coffee farming and soil management in Rwanda

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-52

  Nzeyimana, Innocent ^a,b   Hartemink, Alfred E ^c   de Graaff, Jan ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Coffee; Erosion; Inorganic fertilizers; Mulching; Soil conservation; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874986066     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/oa.2013.0118     Document Type: Article

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