Water footprints have been proposed as sustainabilityindicators, relating the consumption of goods likefood to the amount of water necessary for their productionand the impacts of that water use in the source regions. Wefurther developed the existing water footprint methodology,by globally resolv...
Hoff, H.
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Döll, P.
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Fader, M.
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Gerten, D.
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Hauser, S.
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Siebert, S.
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[Water footprints of cities indicators for sustainable consumption and production]
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Water footprints of cities indicators for sustainable consumption and production
Evaluation of soil aggregate stability under managed fallow systems is very relevant in the assessment of their agricultural sustainability. It is also important to identify the parameters that are most responsive to the effects of these fallow systems on aggregate stability. This study was carri...
Salako, F.K.
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Babalola, O.
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Hauser, S.
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Kang, B.T.
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[Soil macroaggregate stability under different fallow management systems and cropping intensities in southwestern Nigeria]
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Soil macroaggregate stability under different fallow management systems and cropping intensities in southwestern Nigeria
The amounts of earthworm surface casts were monitored for 200 days after commencement of casting in three alley cropping experiments of different ages and hedgerow species. Casts were collected twice per week in transects from under the hedgerow to the middle of the interrow space. Average annual...
Hauser, S.
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Asawalam, D.O.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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[Spatial and temporal gradients of earthworm casting activity in alley cropping systems]
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Spatial and temporal gradients of earthworm casting activity in alley cropping systems
The study was conducted to determine whether likely global climatic uncertainty in the future will pose substantive risk to small-scale vegetable producers in Africa, and to consider whether climate change threatens the development and sustainability of improved vegetable horticultural systems in...
Hauser, S.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Asawalam, D.
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Norgrove, L.
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[Role of earthworms in traditional and improved lowinput agricultural systems in West Africa]
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Role of earthworms in traditional and improved lowinput agricultural systems in West Africa
Steinernema cameroonense sp. n. and S. nyetense sp. n. are two new species isolated from soil samples in Minkama, Obala and Nkontangan, Nyété, respectively. Steinernema cameroonense sp. n. is characterised by infective juvenile body length averaging 622 (490-693) μm; pharynx length of 108 (100- 1...
Ngo Kanga, F.
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Trinh, P.Q.
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Waeyenberge, L.
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Spiridonov, S.E.
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Hauser, S.
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Moens, M.
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[Two new species of Steinernema Travassos, 1927 from the humid forest of southern Cameroon]
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Two new species of Steinernema Travassos, 1927 from the humid forest of southern Cameroon
Norgrove, L.
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Hauser, S.
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[Biophysical criteria used by farmers for fallow selection in West and Central Africa]
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Biophysical criteria used by farmers for fallow selection in West and Central Africa
Shortened fallow periods lead to a decline in crop yields in traditional mixed-food crop fields in southern Cameroon. Farmers use no inputs such as fertilizers for crop production in these field types. Planted fallows with adapted tree species might sustain or increase crop production under those...
Nolte, C.
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Tiki-Manga, T.
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Badjel-Badjel, S.
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Gockowski, J.
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Hauser, S.
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[Groundnut, maize and cassava yields in mixedfood crop fields after calliandra tree fallow in southern Cameroon]
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Groundnut, maize and cassava yields in mixedfood crop fields after calliandra tree fallow in southern Cameroon
Farmers, researchers, extension officers and policy makers need reliable yield data on banana (Musa spp.) to make informed decisions. There are no standard yield determination methods available for Musa research. Production patterns and types vary distinctly in time and space. This requires speci...
Hauser, S.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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[Methodological considerations on banana (Musa spp.) yield determinations]
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Methodological considerations on banana (Musa spp.) yield determinations
We report on an attempt to distinguish cropped from fallowed land and young from old fallow by the rate of decomposition of a standard material, to contribute towards the development of simple, yet reliable indicators of soil quality and agricultural sustainability on tropical soils. In three sou...
Hauser, S.
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Gang, E.
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Norgrove, L.
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Birang, M.
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[Decomposition of plant material as an indicator of ecosystem disturbance in tropical land use systems]
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Decomposition of plant material as an indicator of ecosystem disturbance in tropical land use systems