To mulch or to munch? Big modelling of big data

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 153, Issue , 2017, Pages 32-42

  Rodriguez, D ^a   de Voil, P ^a   Rufino, M C ^b   Odendo, M ^c   van Wijk, M T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KENYA AGRICULTURAL AND LIVESTOCK RESEARCH ORGANIZATION   (Kenya)

^d ILRI   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

APSIM; Farm diversity; Integrative analyses; Whole farm modelling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGROECOLOGY; COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; CROP RESIDUE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LIVELIHOOD; LIVESTOCK; MAIZE; MARKET CONDITIONS; MULCH; POVERTY;

AFRICA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85010685216     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2017.01.010     Document Type: Article

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