Maize crop residue uses and trade-offs on smallholder crop-livestock farms in Zimbabwe: Economic implications of intensification

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 214, Issue , 2015, Pages 31-45

  Rusinamhodzi, Leonard ^a,b,c   van Wijk, Mark T ^c   Corbeels, Marc ^d   Rufino, Mariana C ^a   Giller, Ken E ^c  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b CIAT TSBF Harare   (Zimbabwe)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conservation agriculture; Feed; Fertilisers; Simulation modeling; Soil C

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP RESIDUE; CROP YIELD; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MAIZE; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL CARBON; TRADE-OFF;

MASHONALAND EAST; MUREHWA; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84940421881     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2015.08.012     Document Type: Article

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