Velvet beans help maize farmers
Farmers in small villages on the north coast of Honduras are using velvet bean in association with their maize crops and obtaining good results m terms of yield increases, protection of soils from erosion and reduction of weeding. The velvet bean...
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
1989
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/45175 |
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