Agricultural impact on environment and counter measures in Rwanda

Lamek Nahayo; Lanhai Li; Alphonse Kayiranga; Fidele Karamage; Christophe Mupenzi; Felix Ndayisaba; Enan Muhire Nyesheja

doi:10.5897/AJAR2016.10899

African Journal of
Agricultural Research

Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
Language: English
ISSN: 1991-637X
DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
Start Year: 2006
Published Articles: 6854

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Agricultural impact on environment and counter measures in Rwanda

Lamek Nahayo

Lamek Nahayo
State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 818 South Beijing Road, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830011, China.
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Lanhai Li

Lanhai Li
State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 818 South Beijing Road, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830011, China.
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Alphonse Kayiranga

Alphonse Kayiranga
State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 818 South Beijing Road, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830011, China.
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Fidele Karamage

Fidele Karamage
State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 818 South Beijing Road, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830011, China.
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Christophe Mupenzi

Christophe Mupenzi
State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 818 South Beijing Road, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830011, China.
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Felix Ndayisaba

Felix Ndayisaba
State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 818 South Beijing Road, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830011, China.
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Enan Muhire Nyesheja

Enan Muhire Nyesheja
State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 818 South Beijing Road, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830011, China.
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Article Number - 72831BE59106
Vol.11(25), pp. 2205-2212 , June 2016
https://doi.org/10.5897/AJAR2016.10899

Received: 12 February 2016
Accepted: 17 March 2016
Published: 23 June 2016

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