Agroforestry: Fertilizer Trees

Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 222-234

  Sileshi, G W ^a   Mafongoya, P L ^b   Akinnifesi, F K ^c   Phiri, E ^d   Chirwa, P ^e   Beedy, T ^f   Makumba, W ^a   Nyamadzawo, G ^b   Njoloma, J ^a   Wuta, M ^b   Nyamugafata, P ^b   Jiri, O ^b  

^a CHITEDZE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alley cropping; Biological nitrogen fixation; Biomass transfer; Improved fallow; Parkland agroforestry; Protein bank; Relay cropping

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020359169     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52512-3.00022-X     Document Type: Chapter

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