Soil Fertility in Africa Is at Stake

Replenishing Soil Fertility in Africa

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 47-61

  Smaling, Eric M A ^a   Nandwa, Stephen M ^b   Janssen, Bert H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

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DOI: 10.2136/sssaspecpub51.c2     Document Type: Chapter

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