N2Africa: Putting nitrogen fixation to work for smallholder farmers in Africa

Agro-Ecological Intensification of Agricultural Systems in the African Highlands

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 156-174

  Giller, Ken E ^a   Franke, Angelinus C ^a   Abaidoo, Robert ^b   Baijukya, Freddy ^c   Bala, Abdullahi ^d   Boahen, Steve ^e   Dashiell, Kenton ^f   Kantengwa, Speciose ^g   Sanginga, Jean Marie ^h   Sanginga, Nteranya ^f   Simmons, Alastair ⁱ   Turner, Anne ^j   de Wolf, Judith ^k   Woomer, Paul ^c   Vanlauwe, Bernard ^l  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL NUCLEAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^c International Institute for Tropical Agriculture   (Kenya)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^e International Institute of Tropical Agriculture   (Mozambique)

^f INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^g International Centre for Tropical Agriculture   (Rwanda)

^h International Center for Tropical Agriculture   (Congo)

ⁱ NONE   (United Kingdom)

^j International Institute of Tropical Agriculture   (Malawi)

^k International Centre for Tropical Agriculture   (Zimbabwe)

^l International Institute of Tropical Agriculture   (Kenya)

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EID: 84906113579     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203114742     Document Type: Chapter

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