Multiple benefits of manure: The key to maintenance of soil fertility and restoration of depleted sandy soils on African smallholder farms

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

• Publication date

  2008-03-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s10705-007-9142-2
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