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Maintenance of soil organic matter (SOM) at levels that sustain optimal supply of soil nutrients and enhance efficiency of externally added fertilizers is a major challenge for smallholder farming systems of southern Africa. A study was conducted to quantify the interactive effects of organic res...


Mapfumo, PaulMtambanengwe, F.Vanlauwe, Bernard[Organic matter quality and management effects on enrichment of soil organic matter fractions in contrasting soils in Zimbabwe]Organic matter quality and management effects on enrichment of soil organic matter fractions in contrasting soils in Zimbabwe

Organic C inputs and their rate of stabilization influence C sequestration and nutrient cycling in soils. This study was undertaken to explore the influence of the combined application of different quality organic resources (ORs) with N fertilizers on the link between aggregate dynamics and soil ...


Chivenge, P.P.Vanlauwe, BernardGentile, RSix, Johan[Organic resource quality influences short-term aggregate dynamics and soil organic carbon and nitrogen accumulation]Organic resource quality influences short-term aggregate dynamics and soil organic carbon and nitrogen accumulation

Maize is becoming the major food crop around Lake Victoria. Major constraints to its production are Striga, stem borer, and declining soil fertility. Innovative integrated technologies have been developed: the push pull system (intercropping with Desmodium and surrounded by Napier grass), soybe...


Groot, Hugo deRutto, EOdhiambo, GKanampui, FKhan, Z.R.Coe, R.Vanlauwe, Bernard[Participatory evaluation of integrated pest and soil fertility management options using ordered categorical data analysis]Participatory evaluation of integrated pest and soil fertility management options using ordered categorical data analysis

Potential N (SN) and P (SP) supplies, N and P utilization efficiencies and fertilizer recovery rates for the northern Guinea Savanna (NGS) agro-ecological zone of Nigeria were derived from data collected on farmers fields, and used as input in the QUantitative Evaluation of the Fertility of Trop...


Tabi, FODiels, J.Ogunkunle, AOIwuafor, E.N.O.Vanlauwe, BernardSanginga, Nteranya[Potential nutrient supply, nutrient utilization efficiencies, fertilizer recovery rates and maize yield in northern Nigeria]Potential nutrient supply, nutrient utilization efficiencies, fertilizer recovery rates and maize yield in northern Nigeria

Banana is an increasingly demanded food and cash crop in sub-Saharan Africa. Reported yields in smallholder farms vary substantially. The importance and spread of yield constraints have not been properly quantified. A study was carried out in Central Kenya to (i) quantify the yield levels, the pr...


Okumu, MOAsten, Piet J.A. vanKahangi, EMOkech, SHJefwa, J.M.Vanlauwe, Bernard[Production gradients in smallholder banana (cv. Giant Cavendish) farms in Central Kenya]Production gradients in smallholder banana (cv. Giant Cavendish) farms in Central Kenya

The following nine main cropping systems were evaluated: maize/maize in rotation without N-fertilizer (control); maize/cowpea in rotation where maize received N-fertilizer; maize/pigeonpea intercropping without N-fertilizer; maize/cowpea/pigeonpea in rotation where maize received N-fertilizer; ma...


Aihou, K.Sanginga, NteranyaVanlauwe, BernardDiels, J.Merkx, RCleemput, O. van[Restoration of terre de barre fertility using pigeonpea grown in rotation or intercropping with maize in the derived savanna of Benin]Restoration of terre de barre fertility using pigeonpea grown in rotation or intercropping with maize in the derived savanna of Benin
Amede, TilahunAmézquita Collazos, EdgarAshby, J.A.Ayarza, Miguel AngelBarrios, EdmundoBationo, B. AndréBeebe, Stephen E.Bellotti, Anthony C.Blair, Matthew W.Delve, Robert J.Fujisaka, SamHoweler, Reinhardt H.Johnson, Nancy L.Kaaria, Susan K.Kelemu, SegenetKerridge, Peter C.Kirkby, Roger A.Lascano, Carlos E.Lefroy, R.D.B.Mahuku, George S.Murwira, Herbert K.Oberthür, ThomasPachico, Douglas H.Peters, MichaelRamisch, Joshua J.Rao, Idupulapati M.Rondón, Marco AntonioSanginga, Pascal C.Swift, M.Vanlauwe, Bernard[Biological nitrogen fixation: A key input to integrated soil fertility management in the tropics]Biological nitrogen fixation: A key input to integrated soil fertility management in the tropics

The decline of soil organic matter (SOM) and its associated fertility is one of the most important constraints to enhanced crop productivity in sub-Saharan Africa. Integrated soil fertility management recognizes the potential benefits of the combined use of organic residue and mineral fertilizer ...


Gentile, RVanlauwe, BernardChivenge, P.P.Six, Johan[Trade-offs between the short and long term effects of residue quality on soil C and N dynamics]Trade-offs between the short and long term effects of residue quality on soil C and N dynamics

Different fields within a farm have been observed to have different soil fertility status and this may affect the response of a maize crop to applied N, P, and K fertiliser. A limiting nutrient trial was carried out at six farms each, in three districts of Western Kenya. In each of the farms, the...


Vanlauwe, BernardTittonell, Pablo A.Mukulama, J[Within-farm soil fertility gradients affect response of maize to fertilizer application in Western Kenya]Within-farm soil fertility gradients affect response of maize to fertilizer application in Western Kenya

To guide soil fertility investment programmes in sub-Saharan Africa, better understanding is needed of the relative importance of soil and crop management factors in determining smallholder crop yields and yield variability. Spatial variability in crop yields within farms is strongly influenced b...


Tittonell, Pablo A.Shepherd, Keith D.Vanlauwe, BernardGiller, Ken E.[Unravelling the effects of soil and crop management on maize productivity in smallholder agricultural systems of western Kenya : An application of classification and regression tree analysis]Unravelling the effects of soil and crop management on maize productivity in smallholder agricultural systems of western Kenya : An application of classification and regression tree analysis

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