Combined Use of Organic and Inorganic Nutrient Sources for Soil Fertility Maintenance and Replenishment

Replenishing Soil Fertility in Africa

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 193-217

  Palm, Cheryl A ^a   Myers, Robert J K ^b   Nandwa, Stephen M ^c  

^a Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Programme TSBF   (Kenya)

^b Kenya Agricultural Research Institute ^*  (India)

^c KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

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DOI: 10.2136/sssaspecpub51.c8     Document Type: Chapter

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