Gender and Soil Fertility in Africa

Replenishing Soil Fertility in Africa

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 219-236

  Gladwin, Christina H ^a   Buhr, Ken L ^a   Goldman, Abe ^a   Hiebsch, Clifton ^a   Hildebrand, Peter E ^a   Kidder, Gerald ^a   Langham, Max ^a   Lee, Donna ^a   Nkedi Kizza, Peter ^a   Williams, Deirdre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.2136/sssaspecpub51.c9     Document Type: Chapter

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