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Agricultural land use and soil degradation in a part of kwara state, Nigeria

✍ Scribed by Ameyan, Oluwole ;Ogidiolu, O.

Publisher: Springer
Year: 1989
Tongue: English
Weight: 533 KB
Volume: 9
Category: Article
ISSN: 0251-1088
DOI: 10.1007/bf02241829

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