Yield gaps, nutrient use efficiencies and response to fertilisers by maize across heterogenous smallholder farms of western Kenya
The need to promote fertiliser use by African smallholder farmers to counteract the current decline in per capita food production is widely recognised. But soil heterogeneity results in variable responses of crops to fertilisers within single farms. We used existing databases on maize production und...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Springer
2008
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/44236 |
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