Smallholder farmers in East-Africa commonly intercrop maize (Zea mays L.) with grain legumes to maximize utilisation of land and labour, and attain larger crop yields. Conventionally, one legume line is intercropped between each pair of maize lines. This study evaluated the potential of a modifie...
Mucheru-Muna, M.
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Pypers, Pieter
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Mugendi, DN
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Kung'u, J.B.
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Mugwe, J
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Merckx, R.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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[A staggered maize-legume intercrop arrangement robustly increases crop yields and economic returns in the highlands of Central Kenya]
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A staggered maize-legume intercrop arrangement robustly increases crop yields and economic returns in the highlands of Central Kenya
Common bean and soybean yield poorly on smallholder farms in Rwanda. We evaluated the benefits of inoculation combined with P fertilizer and manure on yields of common bean and soybean in three agro-ecological zones (AEZs), and their residual effects on a subsequent maize crop. In the first seaso...
Rurangwa, E.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Giller, Ken E.
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[Benefits of inoculation, P fertilizer and manure on yields of common bean and soybean also increase yield of subsequent maize]
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Benefits of inoculation, P fertilizer and manure on yields of common bean and soybean also increase yield of subsequent maize
Crop response, tree biomass production and changes in soil fertility characteristics were monitored in a long-term (1986–2002) 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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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 southwestern Nigeria: crop performance and impact on the soil fertility status]
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Long term integrated soil fertility management in southwestern Nigeria: crop performance and impact on the soil fertility status
De nombreux pays en Afrique ont intégré
l’utilisation des engrais, la gestion de la fertilité
des sols et les intrants agricoles dans leurs
contributions déterminées au niveau national à
l’Accord sur le climat de Paris. Bien
que les engrais azotés (N) contribuent dans une
large mesure aux émissi...
Richards, Meryl
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Ittersum, Martin K. van
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Mamo, Tekalign
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Stirling, Clare M.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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[Fertilizers and low emission development in sub-Saharan Africa]
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[Engrais et développement sobre en carbone en Afrique subsaharienne]
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Engrais et développement sobre en carbone en Afrique subsaharienne
Establishing balanced nutrient requirements for maize (Zea mays L.) in the Northern Nigerian Savanna is paramount to develop site-specific fertilizer recommendations to increase maize yield, profits of farmers and avoid negative environmental impacts of fertilizer use. The model QUEFTS (QUantitat...
Shehu, B.M.
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Lawan, B.A.
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Jibrin, J.M.
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Kamara, A.Y.
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Mohammed, I.B.
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Rurinda, J.
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Zingore, S.
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Craufurd, P.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Adam, A.M.
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Merckx, R.
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[Balanced nutrient requirements for maize in the northern Nigerian savanna: parameterization and validation of QUEFTS model]
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Balanced nutrient requirements for maize in the northern Nigerian savanna: parameterization and validation of QUEFTS model
A synthesis of results from the savanna zone of West Africa suggests that cowpea rotation can be considered to be an effective resource management technology in cereal-based systems. Part of the N requirement of cereal crops can be satisfied by cowpea crop rotation. Furthermore, benefits of cowpe...
Carsky, J.R.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Lyasse, O.
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[Cowpea rotation as a resource management technology for cerealbased systems in the savannas of West Africa]
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Cowpea rotation as a resource management technology for cerealbased systems in the savannas of West Africa
Mucuna pruriens and Lablab purpureus can immediately benefit from rock phosphate (RP), but as both herbaceous legumes have only limited economic value, these benefits are only meaningful if yields of a subsequent maize crop are improved. The impact of RP application to Mucuna and Lablab on grain ...
Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Diels, J.
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Sanginga, P.
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Carsky, R.
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Deckers, J.
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Merckx, R.
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[Utilization of rock phosphate by crops on a representative toposequence in the northern Guinea savanna zone of Nigeria: response by maize to previous herbaceous legume cropping and rock phospate treatments]
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Utilization of rock phosphate by crops on a representative toposequence in the northern Guinea savanna zone of Nigeria: response by maize to previous herbaceous legume cropping and rock phospate treatments
Data from the derived savanna zone in southern Benin indicated that some intensive cropping systems (maize/Cajanus and maize/Mucuna relays; maize/cotton with Senna siamea hedgerows) returned about 12 Mg DM ha-1 year-1 of plant biomass to the soil. This compared favorably with the 8 Mg DM ha-1 yea...
Diels, J.
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Lyasse, O.
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Sanginga, N.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Aihou, K.
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Iwuafor, E.N.O.
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Merckx, R.
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Deckers, J.
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[Options for soil organic carbon maintenance under intensive cropping in the West African savanna]
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Options for soil organic carbon maintenance under intensive cropping in the West African savanna
The fate of 15N-labeled plant residues from different cover-cropping systems and labeled inorganic N fertilizer in the organic, soil mineral, microbial biomass and soil organic matter (SOM) particle-size fractions was investigated in a sandy Lixisol. Plant residues were from mucuna (legume), labl...
Ibewiro, B.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Sanginga, P.
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Merckx, R.
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[Transformations and recovery of residue and fertilizer nitrogen15 in a sandy Lixisol of West Africa]
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Transformations and recovery of residue and fertilizer nitrogen15 in a sandy Lixisol of West Africa