Developments in the research of the potential of agroforestry for sustaining soil fertility in Zimbabwe

Ecological Basis of Agroforestry

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 217-237

  Zingore, S ^a   Chikowo, R ^b   Nyamadzawo, G ^b   Nyamugafata, P ^b   Mafongoya, P L ^c  

^a CIAT   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c Zambia ICRAF Agroforestry Project   (Zambia)

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