No-till farming in the humid and subhumid tropics of Africa

Tropical soils are generally low in fertility, physically fragile and easily eroded when cleared of natural cover. Cultivation is carried out in the tropics purely for weed control, but this leads to accelerated soil erosion, as cultivated soil) has no protection. Gully erosion can be minimized by t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Couper, D.C.
Format: Libro
Language:Inglés
Published: 1995
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/97247

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