In Uganda, highland banana yields (5-30 t ha-1yr-1) are low in comparison to potential yields (70 t ha-1yr-1) due to high pest and disease pressure, soil fertility decline, and poor management. Although it is generally accepted that soil exhaustion is a major cause of low and declining yields, th...
Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Gold, C.S.
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Wendt, J.
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Waele, D. de
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Okech, S.H.
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Ssali, H.
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Tushemereirwe, W.K.
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[Contribution of soil quality to banana yield problems and its relation with other banana yield loss factors]
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Contribution of soil quality to banana yield problems and its relation with other banana yield loss factors
Intensification of agricultural systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is considered a pre-condition for alleviation of rural poverty. Conservation Agriculture (CA) has been promoted to achieve this goal, based on three principles: minimum tillage, soil surface cover, and diversified crop rotations....
Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Wendt, J.
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Giller, Ken E.
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Corbeels, Marc
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Gerard, Bruno G.
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Nolte, C.
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[A fourth principle is required to define conservation agriculture in subSaharan Africa: the appropriate use of fertilizer to enhance crop productivity]
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A fourth principle is required to define conservation agriculture in subSaharan Africa: the appropriate use of fertilizer to enhance crop productivity
Most of the population in sub-Saharan Africa depends on agriculture for livelihood, which is mainly practiced by resource-constrained smallholder farmers. Due to persistent low crop yields, food and nutrition insecurity, farmers have been opening new lands through deforestation or encroachment in...
Masso, C.
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Nziguheba, Generose
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Mutegi, J.
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Galy-Lacaux, C.
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Wendt, J.
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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Wairegi, L.W.I.
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Datta, A.
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[Soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa]
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Soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa
In Uganda, highland banana yields (5-30 t ha-1yr-1) are low in comparison to potential yields (70 t ha-1yr-1) due to high pest and disease pressure, soil fertility decline, and poor management. Although it is generally accepted that soil exhaustion is a major cause of low and declining yields, th...
Asten, Piet J.A. van
,
Gold, C.
,
Wendt, J.
,
Waele, D. de
,
Okech, S.
,
Ssali, H.
,
Tushemereirwe, W.K.
,
[Contribution of soil quality to banana yield problems and its relation with other banana yield loss factors]
,
Contribution of soil quality to banana yield problems and its relation with other banana yield loss factors