This library research report will be particularly useful to French-speaking research workers in agriculture who want to get information about the Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA). A synthesis is written from several documents and from a questionnaire which has been send to ex-alumni of the Fre...
Versteeg, M.
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Adanguidi, J.
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Djenotin, J.
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Nonfon, R.
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[Recherche participative efficace entre paysans, ONG, SNRA et IITA pour controler Striga hermonthica au Nord du Benin]
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Recherche participative efficace entre paysans, ONG, SNRA et IITA pour controler Striga hermonthica au Nord du Benin
Versteeg, M.
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Adanguidi, J.
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Djenotin, J.
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Nonfon, R.
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[Effective participatory research involving farmers, non-governmental organizations, national agricultural research systems, and international agrcultural reseach systems, to improve food security in northern Benin]
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Effective participatory research involving farmers, non-governmental organizations, national agricultural research systems, and international agrcultural reseach systems, to improve food security in northern Benin
The Projet Recherche Appliquée en Milieu Réel is situated on the Adja Plateau, Southwest Benin. The project is responsible for a FSR&D programme that aims at sustainable use of the so-calledTerres de barre. Technologies tested in this context include seasonal fallowing, usingMucuna pruriens cv. g...
Koudokpon , V.
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Brouwers, J.
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Versteeg, M.
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Budelman, A.
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[Priority setting in research for sustainable land use: the case of Adja Plateau, Benin]
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Priority setting in research for sustainable land use: the case of Adja Plateau, Benin
Farmer participation in experimenting with technologies in Mono province (Benin) increased when attention was focused on their major problems. One such problem is soil degradation caused by over-exploitation of land. Four different low external input technologies, all with leguminous components a...
Versteeg, M.
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Koudokpon, V.
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[Participative farmer testing of four low external input technologies, to address soil fertility decline in Mono Province( Benin)]
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Participative farmer testing of four low external input technologies, to address soil fertility decline in Mono Province( Benin)
Kang, B.
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Versteeg, M.
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Osiname, O.
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Gichuru, M.
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[Agroforestry in Africa's humid tropics: three success stories]
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Agroforestry in Africa's humid tropics: three success stories
The parasitic witchweed, Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth, is the greatest biological constraint for cereal crop production by resource-poor farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Maize, Zea mays L., is a widely grown cereal crop in this region (22 × 106 ha). Striga-resistant maize populations were produc...
Kim, S.K.
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Fajemisin, J.
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Thé, C.
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Adepoju, A.
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Kling, J.
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Badu-Apraku, B.
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Versteeg, M.
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Carsky, R.
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Lagoke, S.T.O.
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[Development of synthetic maize populations for resistance to Striga hermonthica]
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Development of synthetic maize populations for resistance to Striga hermonthica
In 1987, the leguminous cover crop Mucuna pruriens var. utilis was introduced on researcher-managed demonstration fields for novel technologies. The objective was to ad-dress the serious soil-fertility decline on the Adja Plateau in southern Bénin. But farmers were more impressed by the ability o...
L'histoire du Mucuna a commencé en République du Bénin en 1987, lorsque le Mucunapruriens var. utilis a été introduit aux paysans du village de Zouzouvou sur le plateauAdja. Bien qu'au départ le Mucuna ait été présenté aux paysans pour restaurer la fertilitédes sols, ceux-ci ont été plus impressi...
Versteeg, M.
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Amadji, F.
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Eteka, A.
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Houndekon, V.A.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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[Collaboration to increase the use of Mucuna in production systems in Benin]
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Collaboration to increase the use of Mucuna in production systems in Benin
L'analyse des determinants de l'adoption du Mucuna a l'aide d'un moddle econometnquea revele que des variables telles que le statut foncier, le nombre de sarclages avant lardcolte, la source d'informalion, la perte de la petite saison & I'appreciation du niveau defertilite des sols et le revenu t...
Houndekon, V.A.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Gogan, C.A.
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Versteeg, M.
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[Determinants de ladoption du Mucuna dans le departement du Mono au Benin]
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Determinants de ladoption du Mucuna dans le departement du Mono au Benin
As technologies to counter soil fertility decline, alley farming with Leucaena leucocephala and Gliricidia sepium, annual short-season Mucuna pruriëns var. Utilis fallowing, and perennial Acacia auriculiformis fallowing have been tested. With alley farming, timely pruning is a critical element in...
Versteeg, M.
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Amadji, F.
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Eteka, A.
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Gogan, A.
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Koudokpon, V.
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[Farmers' adoptability of Mucuna fallowing and agroforestry technologies in the coastal savanna of Benin]
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Farmers' adoptability of Mucuna fallowing and agroforestry technologies in the coastal savanna of Benin
The severity and increase of the Imperata cylindrica constraint as a weed, the decline of the traditional fallow systems as a means of soil fertility management and the lack of inorganic fertilizer appear to have created opportunities for adoption of mucuna (Mucuna pruriens) technology by smallho...
Sanginga, N.
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Ibewiro, B.
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Houngnandan, P.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Okogun, J.A.
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Akobundu, I.O.
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Versteeg, M.
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[Evaluation of symbiotic properties and nitrogen contribution of mucuna to maize grown in the derived savanna of West Africa]
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Evaluation of symbiotic properties and nitrogen contribution of mucuna to maize grown in the derived savanna of West Africa