Crop response, tree biomass production and changes in soil fertility characteristics were monitored in a long-term (1986–2006) alley-cropping trial in Ibadan, Nigeria. The systems included two alley cropping systems with Leucaena leucocephala and Senna siamea on the one hand and a control (no-tre...
Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Nziguheba, Generose
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Nwoke, O.C.
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Diels, J.
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Sanginga, Nteranya
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Merckx, R.
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[Long-term integrated soil fertility management in South-Western Nigeria: crop performance and impact on the soil fertility status]
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Long-term integrated soil fertility management in South-Western Nigeria: crop performance and impact on the soil fertility status
Appropriate management of organic resources is fully embedded in the Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) framework. ISFM aims at maximising the use efficiency of external inputs through the use of improved germplasm, well-managed fertiliser and organic inputs, and adaptation of any practi...
Vanlauwe, Bernard
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[Organic matter availability and management in the context of integrated soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa]
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Organic matter availability and management in the context of integrated soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa
Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Blomme, Guy
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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[Agro-ecological intensification of farming systetns in the East and Central African highlands]
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Agro-ecological intensification of farming systetns in the East and Central African highlands
Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Diels, J.
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Sanginga, N.
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Merckx, R.
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[Residue quality and decomposition: An unsteady relationship?]
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Residue quality and decomposition: An unsteady relationship?
Muchunguzi, P.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Blomme, Guy
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[Overcoming challenges for crops, people and policies in Central Africa. The story of CIALCA stakeholder engagement.]
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Overcoming challenges for crops, people and policies in Central Africa. The story of CIALCA stakeholder engagement.
The IITA in its research for sustainable soil fertility management has passed through several stages during which legume-based systems were always at the forefront. Alley cropping has N yields of more than 200 kg ha-1 with 50% N2 fixation. In the case of Mucuna cover cropping, the ecological bene...
Carsky, R.
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Sanginga, N.
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Schulz, S.
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Douthwaite, Boru
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Diels, J.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Keatinge, J.D.H.
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[The ability to fix N is not the only key to delivery of the benefits of BNF to farmers: experience of IITA in the savannas of Africa]
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The ability to fix N is not the only key to delivery of the benefits of BNF to farmers: experience of IITA in the savannas of Africa
As a result of declining farm/plot size and increasing food security needs, intercropping is practised by the majority of small-scale farmers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. A banana-1egume intercropping experiment was conducted at the Mulungu Research Station in South Kivu Province to e...
Ntamwira, J.
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Pypers, P.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Ruhigwa, B.
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Lepoint, P.
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Blomme, Guy
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[Effect of banana leaf pruning on legume yield in bananalegume intercropping systems in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo]
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Effect of banana leaf pruning on legume yield in bananalegume intercropping systems in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Vanlauwe, Bernard
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[Integrated soil fertility management research at TSBF: the framework, the principles, and their application]
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Integrated soil fertility management research at TSBF: the framework, the principles, and their application
Gachengo, CN
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Palm, C.A.
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Cadisch, Georg
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[Chemical characterisation of a standard set of organic materials]
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Chemical characterisation of a standard set of organic materials