Resource use and food self-sufficiency at farm scale within two agro-ecological zones of Rwanda

Food Security

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 609-628

  Bucagu, Charles ^a,d   Vanlauwe, Bernard ^b   Van Wijk, Mark T ^a,c   Giller, Ken E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Inst of the International Centre for Tropical Agri (TSBF CIAT)   (Kenya)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

Agro ecological zones; Farmer resource group; Field type; Food self sufficiency; Partial nutrient balance

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SAFETY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE USE; SELF SUFFICIENCY; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL FERTILITY;

RWANDA;

EID: 85027940378     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-014-0382-0     Document Type: Article

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