Climate-smart crop production in semi-arid areas through increased knowledge of varieties, environment and management factors

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 183-197

  Murungweni, C ^a,b   Van Wijk, M T ^a,d   Smaling, E M A ^c   Giller, K E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Chinhoyi University of Technology   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cropping; Drought; Landscape position; Manure; Risk

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; GROWTH RATE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MAIZE; MANURE; MILLET; PASSERINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMIARID REGION; SORGHUM;

SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; ZIMBABWE;

AVES; QUELEA QUELEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84929431236     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-015-9695-4     Document Type: Article

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