Weed control in conservation agriculture systems of Zimbabwe: Identifying economical best strategies

Crop Protection

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 23-28

  Muoni, Tarirai ^a   Rusinamhodzi, Leonard ^b   Thierfelder, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b CIMMYT   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Conservation agriculture; Economic benefits; Herbicide use; Smallholder farmers; Weed management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; HERBICIDE; OPTIMIZATION; POPULATION DENSITY; WEED CONTROL;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84880290412     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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