Facts and myths of feeding the world with organic farming methods

Principles of Sustainable Soil Management in Agroecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 87-108

  Stewart, Bobby A ^a   Hou, Xiaobo ^a   Yalla, Sanjeev Reddy ^a  

^a WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/b14972     Document Type: Chapter

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