Although the West-African moist savanna zone has a high potential for crop production, yields on farmers' fields are, on average, far below this potential, mainly due to the low use of external sources of nutrients. Since the mid-1990s, it has become clear that in order to upgrade crop production...
Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Aihou, K.
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Houngnandan, P.
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Diels, J.
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Sanginga, N.
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Merckx, R.
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[Nitrogen management in adequate input maizebased agriculture in the derived savanna benchmark zone of Benin Republic]
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Nitrogen management in adequate input maizebased agriculture in the derived savanna benchmark zone of Benin Republic
One of the options to alleviate soil fertility constraints for sustainable agriculture in the savannas of West Africa is to develop soil nutrient management technologies from an adequate supply and feasible share of organic and mineral inputs. This paper makes a diagnosis of farm-level use of org...
Manyong, Victor M.
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Makinde, K.
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Sanginga, N.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Diels, J.
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[Fertilizer use and definition of farmer domains for impactoriented research in the northern Guinea savanna of Nigeria]
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Fertilizer use and definition of farmer domains for impactoriented research in the northern Guinea savanna of Nigeria
Sub-Saharan Africa needs to produce more food, feed, and fiber to support its growing population and intensification of smallholder agriculture is a crucial component of any strategy towards this goal. Sustainable Intensification (SI) acknowledges that enhanced productivity needs to go hand in ha...
Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Coyne, D.L.
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Gockowski, J.
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Hauser, S.
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Huising, Jeroen
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[Sustainable intensification and the African smallholder farmer. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability]
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Sustainable intensification and the African smallholder farmer. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
Grain legumes play a key role in smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), in relation to food and nutrition security and income generation. Moreover, because of their N2-fixation capacity, such legumes can also have a positive influence on soil fertility. Notwithstanding many deca...
Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Hungria, M.
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Kanampiu, F.
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Giller, Ken E.
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[The role of legumes in the sustainable intensification of African smallholder agriculture: lessons learnt and challenges for the future]
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The role of legumes in the sustainable intensification of African smallholder agriculture: lessons learnt and challenges for the future
Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Blomme, Guy
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[CIALCA improving livelihoods: pulling together for Central Africa]
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CIALCA improving livelihoods: pulling together for Central Africa
Result of long time alley cropping trials show that the inclusion of N2- fixing hedgerow species maintain higher levels of soil fertility than control treatment (no hedgerow) on high base status soils in the humid zone. Hedgerows contribute to nutrient cycling and higher faunal activity. With goo...
Kang, B.
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Hauser, S.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Sanginga, N.
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Atta-Krah, A.N.
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[Alley farming research on high base status soils]
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Alley farming research on high base status soils
Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Pypers, Pieter
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Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
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Nyagaya, M
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Schagen, B. van
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Huising, Jeroen
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Ouma, Emily A.
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Blomme, Guy
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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[Integrated soil fertility management in Central Africa: experiences of the consortium for Improving agriculture based livelihoods in Central Africa (CIALCA)]
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Integrated soil fertility management in Central Africa: experiences of the consortium for Improving agriculture based livelihoods in Central Africa (CIALCA)
Soil fertility depletion is a major constraint to food security in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)1 and Central America. To achieve sustainable investments in soil fertility management, CIAT's ISFM Program adopted a paradigm known as "Integrated Soil Fertility Management";. This is defined as: A set of ...
Vanlauwe, Bernard
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[Integrated soil fertility management program = Programa de manejo integrado de la fertilidad del suelo]
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Integrated soil fertility management program = Programa de manejo integrado de la fertilidad del suelo
The phase I of the Consortium for Improving Agriculturebased Livelihoods in Central Africa (CIALCA) project, initiated in 2006, succeeded in (i) characterizing the target areas, (ii) developing and evaluating technologies for improved productivity of banana- and legume-based systems, (iii) promot...