High environmental risk and low yield of urban tomato gardens in Benin

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 305-315

  Perrin, Aurélie ^a   Basset Mens, Claudine ^a   Huat, Joël ^a,b   Yehouessi, Wilfried ^c  

^a UPR HortSys TA B 103 PS4 Bd de la Lironde   (France)

^b AFRICA RICE CENTER AFRICARICE   (Benin)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

Author keywords

Cropping system data; Life cycle inventory; Nutrient budget; Treatment frequency index; Typology; Urban agriculture

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FRUIT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT BUDGET; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AGRICULTURE; VEGETABLE;

BENIN [WEST AFRICA];

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84920843284     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-014-0241-6     Document Type: Article

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