The success of scaling out depends on a clear understanding of the factors that affect adoption of grain legumes and account for the dynamism of those factors across heterogeneous contexts of sub-Saharan Africa. We reviewed literature on adoption of grain legumes and other technologies in sub-Sah...
Farrow, Andrew
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Ronner, E.
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Brand, G. van den
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Boahen, S.
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Leonardo, W.
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Woldemeskel, Endalkachew
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Adjei-Nsiah, Samuel
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Chikowo, Regis
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Baijukya, Frederick P.
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Ebanyat, Peter
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Sangodele, S.
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Sanginga, J.M.
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Kantengwa, S.
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Phiphira, L.
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Woomer, P.L.
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Ampadu-Boakye, T.
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Baars, E.
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Kanampiu, F.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Giller, Ken E.
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[From best fit technologies to best fit scaling: incorporating and evaluating factors affecting the adoption of grain legumes in Sub-Saharan Africa.]
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From best fit technologies to best fit scaling: incorporating and evaluating factors affecting the adoption of grain legumes in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Woomer, P.L.
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Omondi, B.
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Kaleha, C.
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Chamwada, M.
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[Improved grain legumes for smallholder maize-based systems in Western Kenya]
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Improved grain legumes for smallholder maize-based systems in Western Kenya
Agricultural soils, having been depleted of much of their native carbon stocks, have a significant CO2 sink capacity. Global estimates of this sink capacity are in the order of 20-30 Pg C over the next 50-100 years .Management practices to build up soil C must increase the input of organic matter...
Paustian, K.
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Andren, O.
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Janzen, H.H.
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Lal, R.
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Smith, P.
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Tian, G.
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Tiessen, H.
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Noordwijk, M. van
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Woomer, P.L.
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[Agricultural soils as a sink to mitigate CO2 emissions]
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Agricultural soils as a sink to mitigate CO2 emissions
Low inherent soil fertility in the highly weathered and leached soils largely accounts for low and unsustained crop yields in most African countries. But in particular, the major nutrients, nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), are commonly deficient in these soils. This scenario of nutrient depletion...
Okalebo, JR
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Othieno, CO
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Woomer, P.L.
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Karanja, NKN
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Semoka, JMR
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Bekunda, Mateete A.
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Mugendi, DN
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Muasya, RM
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Bationo, B. André
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Mukhwana, EJ
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[Available technologies to replenish soil fertility in East Africa]
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Available technologies to replenish soil fertility in East Africa
Kotto-Same, J.
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Moukam, A.
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Njomgang, R.
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Tiki-Manga, T.
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Tonyé, J.
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Diaw, C.
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Gockowski, J.
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Hauser, S.
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Weise, S.F.
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Nwaga, D.
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Zapfack, L.
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Palm, C.
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Woomer, P.L.
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Gillison, A.N.
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Bignell, D.
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Tondoh, Jérôme E.
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[Alternatives to slash and burn: summary report and synthesis of phase II Cameroon]
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Alternatives to slash and burn: summary report and synthesis of phase II Cameroon
To date, the site-specific, mixed reports of the influence of hedgerows on crap yields provide little predictive insight into which type of tree/crop combination is most appropriate for a specific location. The Alley Farming Network for Tropical Africa was established in 1989. The objectives of t...
Woomer, P.L.
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Bajah, O.
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Atta-Krah, A.N.
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Sanginga, N.
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[Analysis and interpretation of alley farming network data from tropical Africa]
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Analysis and interpretation of alley farming network data from tropical Africa
Woomer, P.L.
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Huising, Jeroen
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Giller, Ken E.
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Baijukya, Frederick P.
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Kantengwa, S.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Boahen, S.
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Wolf, J. de
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Franke, L.
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Abaidoo, R.C.
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Dianda, M.
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Sanginga, J.M.
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Ronner, E.
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Brand, G. van den
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Schilt, C.
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[N2Africa Final Report of the First Phase: 2009-2013]
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N2Africa Final Report of the First Phase: 2009-2013
Leguminous cover crops such as Mucuna pruriens (mucuna) have the potential to contribute to soil N and increase the yields of subsequent or associated cereal crops through symbiotic N fixation. It has often been assumed that mucuna will freely nodulate, fix N2 and therefore contribute to soil N. ...
Houngnandan, P.
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Sanginga, P.
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Woomer, P.L.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Cleemput, O. van
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[Symbiotic nitrogen fixation response of Mucuna as affected by rhizobial inoculation in farmers fields in the derived savanna of Benin]
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Symbiotic nitrogen fixation response of Mucuna as affected by rhizobial inoculation in farmers fields in the derived savanna of Benin
Popoola, I.
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Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
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Katengwa, S.
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Sanginga, J.
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Woomer, P.L.
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Sangodele, E.
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Kanampiu, F.
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[Assessment of legume utilization among smallholder farmers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, Rwanda and Nigeria]
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Assessment of legume utilization among smallholder farmers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, Rwanda and Nigeria