Can agroforestry improve soil fertility and carbon storage in smallholder banana farming systems?

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 237-249

  Zake, Joshua ^a   Pietsch, Stephan A ^a   Friedel, Jürgen K ^a   Zechmeister Boltenstern, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Banana coffee agroforestry; Biomass; Climate change; East Africa; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926149008     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: 15222624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.201400281     Document Type: Article

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