Enhancing soil security for smallholder agriculture

Soil Management of Smallholder Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 17-37

  Bouma, Johan ^a   Batjes, Niels H ^b   Sonneveld, M P W ^a   Bindraban, Prem ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ISRIC WORLD SOIL INFORMATION   (Netherlands)

^c Virtual Fertilizer Research Center   (United States)

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EID: 84949106311     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b17747     Document Type: Chapter

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