Investigating nitrate retention capacity, elementary and mineral composition of Kalahari sandy soils at Mashare farm in Namibia, Okavango river basin

Kalahari sands which cover a large part of Southern Africa and extend into Central Africa are infertile and marginal soils for intensive agriculture. Therefore, high nitrogen fertilisation rates may degrade ecosystems of rivers with catchments covered by the Kalahari sands. A study on Mashare Farm l...

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Main Authors: Andrea Vushe, Maggina Amutenya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-11-01
Series:Scientific African
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468227619307549