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Soil fertility management in the mid-hills of Nepal: Practices and perceptions

✍ Scribed by Colin J. Pilbeam; Sudarshan B. Mathema; Peter J. Gregory; Padma B. Shakya

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2005
Tongue: English
Weight: 292 KB
Volume: 22
Category: Article
ISSN: 0889-048X
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-004-8284-y

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