African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6902

Full Length Research Paper

Soil fertility status of seasonally closed wetland ecosystem (ondombe) in north-central Namibia

Yoshinori Watanabe
  • Yoshinori Watanabe
  • Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kindai University, Nara 631-8505, Japan.
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Fisseha Itanna
  • Fisseha Itanna
  • Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Namibia, Private Bag 5520 Oshakati, Namibia.
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Yuichiro Fujioka
  • Yuichiro Fujioka
  • Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980- 8578, Japan.
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Shou Ruben
  • Shou Ruben
  • Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Namibia, Private Bag 5520 Oshakati, Namibia.
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Morio Iijima
  • Morio Iijima
  • Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kindai University, Nara 631-8505, Japan.
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  •  Received: 16 February 2017
  •  Accepted: 16 March 2017
  •  Published: 04 May 2017

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