In the humid forest regions of southern Cameroon in central Africa, sectoral and macroeconomic policy reforms introduced in the late 1980s have led to intensified land use, which in turn has resulted in, among other environmental consequences, shortened fallow systems dominated by the Asteraceae ...
Ngobo, M.
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McDonald, M.
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Weise, S.F.
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[Impacts of type of fallow and invasion by Chromolaena odorata on weed communities in crop fields in Cameroon]
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Impacts of type of fallow and invasion by Chromolaena odorata on weed communities in crop fields in Cameroon
The influence of weeds community composition and dynamics on groundnuts intercropped with
cassava was assessed in three different short fallow management systems, in the Forest Margins
Benchmark Area of southern Cameroon (Central Africa). Fallow management intensities, indicated through differi...
Ngobo, M.
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Weise, S.F.
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Mc Donald, M.
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[Influence of fallow landuse intensity on weed dynamics and crop yield in southern Cameroon]
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Influence of fallow landuse intensity on weed dynamics and crop yield in southern Cameroon
The shaded cocoa cropping system found throughout West Africa but particularly well represented in Cameroon and Nigeria is a sustainable agricultural land use system that provides relatively high values of environmental services. The paper describes and quantifies some of its non-cocoa economic a...
Gockowski, J.
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Weise, S.F.
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Sonwa, D.
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Tchatat, M.
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Ngobo, M.
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[Conservation because it pays: shaded Cocoa agroforests in West Africa]
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Conservation because it pays: shaded Cocoa agroforests in West Africa
Unlike Southeast Asia and the Amazon regions, where large-scale agricultural operations play an important role, most of the deforestation in the Congo basin is attributed to smallholder agriculturalists using extensive slash-and-burn techniques. Improved rural livelihoods are the key to poverty r...
Ngobo, M.
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Weise, S.F.
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Peters, M.
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[Integrating Research Results into Decision Making about Natural Resource Management at the Forestagriculture Interface: a Case Study in the Congo Basin]
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Integrating Research Results into Decision Making about Natural Resource Management at the Forestagriculture Interface: a Case Study in the Congo Basin