Maize, soil fertility, and the green revolution in East Africa

An African Green Revolution: Finding Ways to Boost Productivity on Small Farms

Volumn 9789400757608, Issue , 2013, Pages 197-221

  Matsumoto, Tomoya ^a   Yamano, Takashi ^b  

^a NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

East Africa; Green Revolution; High yielding varieties; Inorganic fertilizer; Land degradation; Organic fertilizer; Soil carbon content; Soil fertility; Soil nutrients

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FERTILIZERS; ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON CONTENT; EAST AFRICA; GREEN REVOLUTION; HIGH YIELDING VARIETY; INORGANIC FERTILIZERS; LAND DEGRADATION; ORGANIC FERTILIZERS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CARBON CONTENT; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENTS;

SOILS;

EID: 84898848356     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5760-8_9     Document Type: Chapter

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