Building Soil Nitrogen Capital in Africa

Replenishing Soil Fertility in Africa

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 151-192

  Giller, Ken E ^a   Cadisch, Georg ^a   Ehaliotis, Costas ^a   Adams, Edward ^a   Sakala, Webster D ^b   Mafongoya, Paramu L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Baylor College of Medicine Abbott Fund Children's Clinical Center of Excellence   (Malawi)

^c SADC ICRAF Agroforestry Project   (Zimbabwe)

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DOI: 10.2136/sssaspecpub51.c7     Document Type: Chapter

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