Green Manure/Cover Crop Systems of Smallholder Farmers
Subtitle: Experiences from Tropical and Subtropical Regions
Contributors: Marjatta Eilittä (Editor); Joseph Mureithi (Editor); Rolf Derpsch (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: July 28, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9781402020452
Subjects: Fertilizers & manures; Nature; Technology & Industrial Arts; Nature/Ecology; Agriculture - General; Trees & Forests - General; Technology / Agriculture & Animal Husbandry; Environmental Science; General; Congresses; Cover crops; Green manuring; Tropics
First sentence: In the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, soils are intensively cultivated: although it represents just over 1% of Brazilian national territory, the state accounts for about 13% of commercial agricultural output nationally.