A short-term improved fallow system based on forage legumes is suggested for crop-livestock farming systems in subhumid West Africa targeted to enhance soil fertility and dry season feed for cattle. At two sites, 13 legume species were compared with the natural fallow vegetation, the nutritive va...
Muhr, L
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Peters, Michael
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Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
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[Forage legumes for improved fallows in agropastoral systems of subhumid West Africa. I. Establishment, herbage yield and nutritive value of legumes as dry season forage]
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Forage legumes for improved fallows in agropastoral systems of subhumid West Africa. I. Establishment, herbage yield and nutritive value of legumes as dry season forage
Five accessions, comprising Aeschynomene histrix, Centrosema acutifolium, Centrosema pascuorum and Stylosanthes guianensis together with Stylosanthes hamata cVerano were evaluated over 2 years for use in fodder banks in subhumid Nigeria. The most promising accession was A. histrix 112463 with yie...
Peters, Michael
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Alkamper, J.
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[Evaluation of tropical pasture legumes for fodder banks in subhumid Nigeria. 2. Accessions of Aeschynomene histrix, Centrosema acutifolium, C. pascuorum, Stylosanthes guianensis and S. hamata]
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Evaluation of tropical pasture legumes for fodder banks in subhumid Nigeria. 2. Accessions of Aeschynomene histrix, Centrosema acutifolium, C. pascuorum, Stylosanthes guianensis and S. hamata
A short-term improved fallow system based on forage legumes for enhancing crop and livestock components of mixed farming systems was tested in the subhumid zone of West Africa. As part of the evaluation, the ability of 11 legume species (Centrosema macrocarpum, C. pubescens, Stylosanthes guianens...
Muhr, L
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Peters, Michael
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Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
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[Forage legumes for improved fallows in agropastoral systems of subhumid West Africa. II. Green manure production and decomposition after incorporation into the soil]
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Forage legumes for improved fallows in agropastoral systems of subhumid West Africa. II. Green manure production and decomposition after incorporation into the soil
The use of legume-legume mixtures to alleviate limitations of individual species in legume based technologies was investigated in subhumid Nigeria. The results indicate the potential of legume mixtures, through processes of complementation and compensation, to reduce the risk of legume establishm...
Peters, Michael
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
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Musa, A.
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[Legume-legume complementarity for sustainable pasture development in the tropics]
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Legume-legume complementarity for sustainable pasture development in the tropics
Ensuring that farming in the moist savannas of Africa is maintained, despite increasing population pressure and agricultural demands, necessitates the sustainable integration of crop and livestock enterprises; a role that forage legumes can fulfill. The potential of eleven herbaceous and two shru...
Muhr, L.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Peters, Michael
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Merkel, U.
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Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
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Berner, D.
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[Multiple uses of tropical forage legumes for sustainable farming in the moist savannas of Africa]
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Multiple uses of tropical forage legumes for sustainable farming in the moist savannas of Africa
Discusses six stages used in the evaluation of forage legumes conducted to select accessions that meet the social and ecological constraints in the subhumid zone of West Africa.
Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Peters, Michael
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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[Improving pasture resources in West Africa: Evaluation of forage legumes to meet the social and ecological constraints]
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Improving pasture resources in West Africa: Evaluation of forage legumes to meet the social and ecological constraints
A short-term improved fallow system based on forage legumes is suggested for crop-livestock farming systems in subhumid West Africa targeted to enhance soil fertility and dry season feed for cattle. At two sites, 13 legume species were compared with the natural fallow vegetation, the nutritive va...
Muhr, L.
,
Tarawali, Shirley A.
,
Peters, Michael
,
Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
,
[Forage legumes for improved fallows in agropastoral systems of subhumid West Africa. I. Establishment, herbage yield and nutritive value of legumes as dry season forage]
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Forage legumes for improved fallows in agropastoral systems of subhumid West Africa. I. Establishment, herbage yield and nutritive value of legumes as dry season forage
Shelton, HM
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Franzel, Steven
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Peters, Michael
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[Adoption of tropical legume technology around the world: analysis of success]
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Adoption of tropical legume technology around the world: analysis of success