Soil fertility management and compost use in senegal's peanut basin

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 79-91

  McClintock, Nathan C ^a   Diop, Amadou Makhtar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Rodale Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Compost; Farmer knowledge; Landuse classification; Manure; Nutrient cycling; Semi arid West Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019238869     PISSN: 14735903     EISSN: 1747762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14735903.2005.9684746     Document Type: Article

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