This paper uses data from a 1998 survey of farming households in Nakuru district, Kenya to explore factors influencing soil fertility management decisions of smallholder farmers in Africa. The modeling strategy builds on results of research in soil science that point to the joint determination of...
Omamo, S.W.
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Williams, J.C.
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Obare, G.A.
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Ndiwa, Nicholas N.
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[Soil fertility management on small farms in Africa: Evidence from Nakuru district, Kenya]
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Soil fertility management on small farms in Africa: Evidence from Nakuru district, Kenya
Researchers worked with farmers in eastern Uganda to develop alternatives for soil management using crotalaria (Crotalaria ochroleuca), mucuna (Mucuna pruriens var. utilis), lablab (Dolichos lablab), and canavalia (Canavalia ensiformis) as green manures in short-term fallows. The participatory re...
Fischler, MA
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Wortmann, Charles S.
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[Green manures for maize-bean systems in eastern Uganda: Agronomic performance and farmers' perceptions]
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Green manures for maize-bean systems in eastern Uganda: Agronomic performance and farmers' perceptions
L‘intégration des légumineuses fixatrices d‘azote dans les systèmes techniques de production a donné lieu à de nombreux travaux de recherche destinés à améliorer ou restaurer la fertilité des terres, mais très peu de ces systèmes techniques sont vraiment appropriés par les paysans en Afrique de l...
Carsky, R.J.
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Douthwaite, Boru
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Sanginga, Nteranya
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Schulz, S.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Diels, J.
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Keatinge, J.D.H.
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[Amélioration de la gestion des sols par l'introduction de légumineuses dans les systèmes céréaliers des savanes africaines]
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Amélioration de la gestion des sols par l'introduction de légumineuses dans les systèmes céréaliers des savanes africaines
In southern Africa, soil nutrient reserves are being depleted because of continued nutrient mining without adequate replenishment. The consequent downward spiral of soil fertility has led to a corresponding decline in crop yields, food insecurity, food aid and environmental degradation. The centr...
Mafongoya, P.L.
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Bationo, B. André
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Kihara, Job
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Waswa, Boaz S.
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[Appropriate technologies to replenish soil fertility in Southern Africa]
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Appropriate technologies to replenish soil fertility in Southern Africa
Although wastewater has been increasingly used to grow a range of crops for income generation and livelihood resilience in urban and peri-urban areas, irrigation with untreated or partially treated wastewater may result in negative impacts on irrigated crops, soils, and groundwater along with imp...
Howeler, Reinhardt H.
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[Integrated cassava-based cropping systems in Asia: Working with farmers to enhance adoption of more sustainable production practices: Proceedings of the workshop on the Nippon Foundation Cassava Project in Thailand, Vietnam and China, held in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam, Oct. 27-31, 2003]
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Integrated cassava-based cropping systems in Asia: Working with farmers to enhance adoption of more sustainable production practices: Proceedings of the workshop on the Nippon Foundation Cassava Project in Thailand, Vietnam and China, held in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam, Oct. 27-31, 2003
Kihara, Job
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Martius, C.
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Bationo, B. André
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[Crop residue disappearance and macrofauna activity in sub-humid western Kenya]
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Crop residue disappearance and macrofauna activity in sub-humid western Kenya
In the Fakara region of the Sahel zone, Niger, West Africa, farmers have been implementing traditional soil man-agement practices such as the application of dry farmyard manure (FYM) and household waste (HHW), livestockcorralling, and fallows. Previousstudies, however, have not accumulatedenough ...
Suzuki, K.
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Matsunaga, R.
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Hayashi, K.
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Matsumoto, N.
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Tabo, Ramadjita
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Tobita, S.
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Okada, K.
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[Effects of traditional soil management practices on the nutrient status in Sahelian sandy soils of Niger, West Africa]
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Effects of traditional soil management practices on the nutrient status in Sahelian sandy soils of Niger, West Africa
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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[Sustainable land management for social profitability developed, with special emphasis on reversing land degradation: Output 5]
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Sustainable land management for social profitability developed, with special emphasis on reversing land degradation: Output 5
Salinas, José G.
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Castilla, Carlos E.
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[Estrategias para el uso y manejo de los suelos ácidos en América Tropical]
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Estrategias para el uso y manejo de los suelos ácidos en América Tropical