Promiscuous soyabean varieties have potential to contribute significantly to income generation, food security and soil N budgets on smallholder farms. One of the major factors limiting this potential is farmers preference to allocate nutrient resources to food security cereal crops on the most f...
Zingore, Shamie
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Murwira, HK
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Delve, Robert J.
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Giller, Ken E.
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[Variable grain legume yields, responses to phosphorus and rotational effects on maize across soil fertility gradients on African smallholder farms]
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Variable grain legume yields, responses to phosphorus and rotational effects on maize across soil fertility gradients on African smallholder farms
Smallholder farming in much of Sub-Saharan Africa is rain-fed and thus exposed to rainfall variability. Among the climate variables, rainfall is projected to decline and have an overriding effect on crop productivity. With little opportunity for supplementary irrigation for the majority of farmer...
Chikowo, Regis
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Zingore, Shamie
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Nyamangara, Justice
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Bekunda, Mateete A.
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Messina, J.
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Snapp, Sieglinde S.
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[Approaches to reinforce crop productivity under rainfed conditions in Subhumid environments in SubSaharan Africa]
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Approaches to reinforce crop productivity under rainfed conditions in Subhumid environments in SubSaharan Africa
Social capital has become a critical issue in agricultural development as it plays an important role in collective action, such as, management of common resources and collective marketing. Whilst literature exists on the role of social capital in the use and adoption of improved agricultural tech...
Njuki, Jemimah
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Mapila, MT
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Zingore, Shamie
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Delve, Robert J.
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[The dynamics of social capital in influencing use of soil management options in the Chinyanja Triangle of southern Africa]
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The dynamics of social capital in influencing use of soil management options in the Chinyanja Triangle of southern Africa
Secondary and micronutrients are important in enhancing crop productivity; yet, they are hardly studied in sub-Sahara Africa. In this region, the main focus has been on macronutrients but there is emerging though scattered evidence of crop productivity limitations by the secondary and micronutrie...
Kihara, Job
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Sileshi, Gudeta W.
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Nziguheba, Generose
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Kinyua, Michael
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Zingore, Shamie
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Sommer, Rolf
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[Application of secondary nutrients and micronutrients increases crop yields in sub-Saharan Africa]
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Application of secondary nutrients and micronutrients increases crop yields in sub-Saharan Africa
Traditional farming systems in Sub-Saharan Africa depend primarily on mining soil nutrients. The African green revolution aims to intensify agriculture through the dissemination of integrated soil fertility management (ISFM). This paper develops a robust and operational definition of ISFM based o...
Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Zingore, Shamie
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[Integrated soil fertility management: an operational definition and consequences for implementation and dissemination]
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Integrated soil fertility management: an operational definition and consequences for implementation and dissemination
Improved understanding of soil fertility factors limiting crop productivity is important to develop appropriate soil and nutrient management recommendations in sub-Saharan Africa. Diagnostic trials were implemented in Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria and Tanzania, as part of the African Soils Informa...
Kihara, Job
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Nziguheba, Generose
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Zingore, Shamie
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Coulibaly, Adama
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Esilaba, Anthony O.
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Kabambe, Vernon
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Njoroge, Samuel
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Palm, Cheryl
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Huising, Jeroen
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[Understanding variability in crop response to fertilizer and amendments in sub-Saharan Africa]
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Understanding variability in crop response to fertilizer and amendments in sub-Saharan Africa
Rusinamhodzi, Leonard
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Corbeels, Marc
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Zingore, Shamie
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Nyamangara, Justice
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Giller, Ken E.
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[Pushing the envelope? Maize production intensification and the role of cattle manure in recovery of degraded soils in smallholder farming areas of Zimbabwe]
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Pushing the envelope? Maize production intensification and the role of cattle manure in recovery of degraded soils in smallholder farming areas of Zimbabwe
Waswa, Boaz S.
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Vlek, Paul L.G.
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Tamene, Lulseged
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Okoth, Peter F.
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Mbakaya, DS
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Zingore, Shamie
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[Evaluating indicators of land degradation in smallholder farming systems of western Kenya]
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Evaluating indicators of land degradation in smallholder farming systems of western Kenya
Kihara, Job
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Huising, Jeroen
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Nziguheba, Generose
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Zingore, Shamie
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[Omission trials conducted in 5 countries under AfSIS Phase 1 under CIAT]
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Omission trials conducted in 5 countries under AfSIS Phase 1 under CIAT
Nziguheba, Generose
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Zingore, Shamie
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Kihara, Job
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Merckx, Roel
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Njoroge, Samuel
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Vandamme, Elke
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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[Phosphorus in smallholder farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa: implications for agricultural intensification]
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Phosphorus in smallholder farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa: implications for agricultural intensification