PRACT (Prototyping Rotation and Association with Cover crop and no Till) - a tool for designing conservation agriculture systems

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 69, Issue , 2015, Pages 21-31

  Naudin, K ^a   Husson, O ^a,b   Scopel, E ^a   Auzoux, S ^a   Giner, S ^a   Giller, K E ^c  

^a Unité Propre de Recherche Agroécologie et Intensification Durable des cultures Annuelles   (France)

^b AFRICA RICE CENTER AFRICARICE   (Benin)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Access data base; Cover crops; Cropping system prototyping; Decision rules; Madagascar

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; AGROECOLOGY; COVER CROP; CROP PLANT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING PRACTICE; DATABASE; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 84933042299     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2015.05.003     Document Type: Article

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