A Fertilizer-Based Green Revolution for Africa

Replenishing Soil Fertility in Africa

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 81-95

  Quiñones, Marco A ^a   Borlaug, Norman E ^a   Dowswell, Christopher R ^a  

^a Sasakawa Africa Association   (Mexico)

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DOI: 10.2136/sssaspecpub51.c4     Document Type: Chapter

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