The Impact of Conservation Tillage on the Productivity and Stability of Maize Cropping Systems: A Case Study in Western Mexico
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* Damien Jourdain is an economist and Eric Scopel is an agronomist with CIMMYT, Mexico. Both are researchers from the " Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement " (CIRAD). François Affholder is an agronomist with CIRAD. This paper is based on research funded by CIMMYT and the Government of France. The views represented in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the positions of CIMMYT or CIRAD.
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تاریخ انتشار 2001