Agricultural intensification and the food security challenge in sub-Saharan Africa

Agro-Ecological Intensification of Agricultural Systems in the African Highlands

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 20-35

  Keating, B A ^a   Carberry, P S ^a   Dixon, J ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research   (Australia)

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EID: 84906140945     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203114742     Document Type: Chapter

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