L‘intégration des légumineuses fixatrices d‘azote dans les systèmes techniques de production a donné lieu à de nombreux travaux de recherche destinés à améliorer ou restaurer la fertilité des terres, mais très peu de ces systèmes techniques sont vraiment appropriés par les paysans en Afrique de l...
Carsky, R.J.
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Douthwaite, Boru
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Sanginga, Nteranya
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Schulz, S.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Diels, J.
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Keatinge, J.D.H.
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[Amélioration de la gestion des sols par l'introduction de légumineuses dans les systèmes céréaliers des savanes africaines]
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Amélioration de la gestion des sols par l'introduction de légumineuses dans les systèmes céréaliers des savanes africaines
This paper evaluates the utility of the `learning selection' model of the early adoption process, based on a constructivist conceptual framework, to explain farmers' adoption and rejection of two soil-improving technologies alley farming and the use of Mucuna cover crops. The analysis showed th...
Douthwaite, Boru
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Keatinge, J.D.H.
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Chianu, J.N.
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[The adoption of alley farming and Mucuna : Lessons for research, development and extension]
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The adoption of alley farming and Mucuna : Lessons for research, development and extension
This chapter refers to four technologies involving cover crops and integrated crop-livestock interventions developed under varying social, ecological and production systems, in which farmers and researchers, working in partnership to combine indigenous knowledge and circumstances with research in...
Tarawali, G.
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Douthwaite, Boru
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Haan, Nicoline C. de
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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[Farmers as co-developers and adopters of green-manure cover crops in West and Central Africa]
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Farmers as co-developers and adopters of green-manure cover crops in West and Central Africa
Carsky, R.J.
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Douthwaite, Boru
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Schulz, S.
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Sanginga, Nteranya
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Diels, J.
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Keatinge, J.D.H.
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[Lessons for appropriate technology generation: example of soil management technology at IITA]
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Lessons for appropriate technology generation: example of soil management technology at IITA