Resource conservation strategies in agro-ecosystems of semi-arid West Africa

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• Publication year

  2002

• Venue

  Journal of Arid Environments

• Publication date

  2002-07-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1006/JARE.2001.0968
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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