Valuing increased zinc (Zn) fertiliser-use in Pakistan

Plant and Soil

Volumn 411, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages 139-150

  Joy, Edward J M ^a   Ahmad, Waqar ^b   Zia, Munir H ^c,d,e   Kumssa, Diriba B ^d,e   Young, Scott D ^d   Ander, E Louise ^e   Watts, Michael J ^e   Stein, Alexander J ^f   Broadley, Martin R ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^c Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^f Transport Economist   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agronomic biofortification; Benefit cost ratio (BCR); Cost benefit analysis; Disability adjusted life year (DALY); Fertiliser subsidy; Food security; Triticum aestivum L; Wheat

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRONOMY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COST ANALYSIS; CROP YIELD; DIETARY OVERLAP; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD SUPPLY; GROWTH RESPONSE; PURCHASING POWER PARITY; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE; WHEAT; ZINC;

PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN]; SIND;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84978160971     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-016-2961-7     Document Type: Article

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