Diversity in crop residue management across an intensification gradient in southern Africa: System dynamics and crop productivity

Field Crops Research

Volumn 185, Issue , 2016, Pages 79-88

  Rusinamhodzi, Leonard ^a,b,d   Corbeels, Marc ^a,c   Giller, Ken E ^d  

^a CIMMYT   (Kenya)

^b CIAT TSBF Harare   (Zimbabwe)

^c CIRAD   (France)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crop livestock systems; Extensification; Farm diversity; Maize production; Smallholder farms

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LABOR; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CATTLE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP RESIDUE; FARM; FORAGE; GRAZING; MAIZE; MIXED FARMING; OWNERSHIP; POPULATION DENSITY; SMALLHOLDER; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84959487947     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2015.10.007     Document Type: Article

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