This paper is comprised of five parts. The first part discusses the role of legumes in sustainable soil management and crop-livestock production. In this part, strategic use of legumes, selection of forage legumes to sub-optimal soil conditions, use of appropriate rhizobium, response of legumes t...
Haque, I.
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Powell, J.M.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Improved crop-livestock production strategies for sustainable soil management in tropical Africa]
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Improved crop-livestock production strategies for sustainable soil management in tropical Africa
This paper details changes to the BEAM models, RRYIELD and RRECON, which are two of a series of bioeconomic models developed by the Bioeconomic Agroforestry Modelling (BEAM) project. The RRYIELD model deals with the biophysical components of a rubber-based agroforestry system. It focuses on the c...
Grist, P.
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Menz, K.
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Thomas
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[Modified BEAM rubber agroforestry models: RRYIELD and RRECON]
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Modified BEAM rubber agroforestry models: RRYIELD and RRECON
Haque, I.
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[Nutrient management & feed improvement in crop-livestock systems of sub-Saharan Africa: present status and future outlook]
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Nutrient management & feed improvement in crop-livestock systems of sub-Saharan Africa: present status and future outlook
The effects of leucaena hedgerows, mulching with leucaena foliage (0.50 and 100 percent of harvested foliage), cowpea intercropping and addition of dairy cattle slurry (55 t ha-1 per maize crop) on the yield of maize from a sandy soil were assessed. The four-year results from five maize crops are...
Mureithi, J.G.
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Tayler, R.S.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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[The effects of alley cropping with Leucaena leucocephala and of different management practices on the productivity of maize and soil chemical properties in lowland coastal Kenya]
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The effects of alley cropping with Leucaena leucocephala and of different management practices on the productivity of maize and soil chemical properties in lowland coastal Kenya
Outlines a re-evaluation and a re-calculation of recently published hypothesis concerning the potential impact of alley farming on maize yields. Gives modifications and analysis based on the alley farming research of the International Livestock Center for Africa's (ILCA) Humid Zone Programme in N...
Sumberg, J.E.
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Atta-Krah, A.N.
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[The potential of alley farming in humid West Africa - a re-evaluation]
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The potential of alley farming in humid West Africa - a re-evaluation
At the Debre Zeit Station Cereals (wheat and maize) and forage legumes (lablab, cowpea, vetch and clover) were grown as sole crops and as cereal/forage combinations on the broadbeds separated by drainage furrows (BBF). This is an improved land management system, developed by ILCA in collaboration...
Abiye Astatke
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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El Wakeel, A.
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[Soil water dynamics under cereal and forage legume mixtures on drained Vertisols in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Soil water dynamics under cereal and forage legume mixtures on drained Vertisols in the Ethiopian highlands
The integration of forage legumes into the low-input, cereal-based farming system of the Sahel may be the key to sustaining soil, crop, and livestock production. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effects of intercropping the forage legumes Stylosanthes fruticosa (Retz.) Slston or ...
Kouame, C.N.
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Powell, J.M.
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Renard, C.A.
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Quesenberry, K.H.
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[Plant yields and fodder quality related characteristics of millet-stylo intercropping systems in the Sahel]
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Plant yields and fodder quality related characteristics of millet-stylo intercropping systems in the Sahel
Reports concentrations of primary and secondary nutrients in the dry matter that were harvested at various times and the removal of the nutrients from an upland soil in the Ethiopian highland in part III. Part IV deals with the concentration and uptake of Na, Mn, Cu, Zn and Fe from the dry matter...
Kamara, C.S.
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Haque, I.
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[Intercropping maize & forage type cowpeas in the Ethiopian highlands: III. Concentration, macronutrient yields and crop residue quality. IV. Concentration, micronutrient yields and crop residue quality]
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Intercropping maize & forage type cowpeas in the Ethiopian highlands: III. Concentration, macronutrient yields and crop residue quality. IV. Concentration, micronutrient yields and crop residue quality
Hulet, H.
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[Possibilites d'amelioration de l'association culturale mil-niebe en zone semi-aride au Mali]
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Possibilites d'amelioration de l'association culturale mil-niebe en zone semi-aride au Mali
Examines ILCA's research on forage legumes in the past few years; discusses the potential role of forage legumes in increasing crop-livestock productivity in sub-Saharan Africa; and outlines priorities for future research.
Nnadi, L.A.
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Haque, I.
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[Les legumineuses fourrageres dans les systemes Africains d'agriculture mixte]
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Les legumineuses fourrageres dans les systemes Africains d'agriculture mixte