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Cultivation of improved banana varieties, in combination with mulching, trenches and organic compost in Uganda

Year of publication 2017

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 6p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Language English

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