This review has drawn on published research and the collective insights of a small team of experienced researchers to identify important trajectories in rice-based farming systems and to draw out the implications for agricultural research as a basis for discussion within ACIAR and the broader res...
Cramb, R.A.
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Gray, G.D.
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Gummert, M.
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Haefele, SM
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Lefroy, R.D.B.
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Newby, Jonathan C.
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Stür, Werner W.
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Warr, P.
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[Trajectories of rice-based farming systems in mainland Southeast Asia]
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Trajectories of rice-based farming systems in mainland Southeast Asia
Management of harvested (senescent) banana pseudostems has implications for efficiency of nutrient use for sole cropped as well as intercropped bananas. Two studies were conducted on aspects of nutrient flows from senescent pseudostems. Sixty one and 55% of the initial N and P, respectively, in s...
Maintenance of soil organic matter (SOM) at levels that sustain optimal supply of soil nutrients and enhance efficiency of externally added fertilizers is a major challenge for smallholder farming systems of southern Africa. A study was conducted to quantify the interactive effects of organic res...
Mapfumo, Paul
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Mtambanengwe, F.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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[Organic matter quality and management effects on enrichment of soil organic matter fractions in contrasting soils in Zimbabwe]
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Organic matter quality and management effects on enrichment of soil organic matter fractions in contrasting soils in Zimbabwe
Ecophysiological models are increasingly used as research and decision support tools in agriculture, but it is often difficult to assess how suitable a model is for a particular application. Model evaluations usually involve bivariate linear regression between observed and simulated values, which...
White, Jeffrey W.
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Boote, Kenneth J.
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Hoogenboom, Gerrit
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Jones, Peter G.
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[Regression-based evaluation of ecophysiological models]
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Regression-based evaluation of ecophysiological models
Nitrogen (N) has been gradually depleted from West African soils and now poses serious threats to food production. Many ways of increasing N supply (e.g. judicious use of inorganic fertilizers and nitrogen-fixing plants) have been tried in West African farming systems. Herbaceous and woody legume...
Sanginga, Nteranya
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[Role of biological nitrogen fixation in legume based cropping systems: A case study of West Africa farming systems]
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Role of biological nitrogen fixation in legume based cropping systems: A case study of West Africa farming systems
Ramírez S, A.
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Seré Rabé, Carlos
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Uquillas, J
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[Impacto socioeconomico de sistemas agroforestales en la selva baja del Ecuador]
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Impacto socioeconomico de sistemas agroforestales en la selva baja del Ecuador
Mulching was highly effective and superior to chemical treatments for the control of web blight (WB) caused in beans by Rhizoctonia solani, the imperfect state of Thanatephorus cucumeris. Plots were established in fields with a history of repeated incidence of WB. Soilborne sclerotia and colonize...
Galindo, J.J.
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Abawi, G.S.
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Thurston, HD
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Galvez, G
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[Effect of mulching on web blight of beans in Costa Rica]
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Effect of mulching on web blight of beans in Costa Rica
Soil fertility gradients develop on smallholder farms due to preferential allocation of inputs. A multi-location on-farm trial was
conducted in Meru South, Central Kenya whose overall aim was to test minimum tillage and crop-residue retention practices in
socio-ecological niches across heteroge...
Guto, SN
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Pypers, Pieter
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Ridder, N.A. de
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Giller, Ken E.
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[Socio-ecological niches for minimum tillage and crop-residue retention in continuous maize cropping systems in smallholder farms of central Kenya]
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Socio-ecological niches for minimum tillage and crop-residue retention in continuous maize cropping systems in smallholder farms of central Kenya
Toledo, José M.
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Seré Rabé, Carlos
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Loker, W
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[Pasture-crop technologies for acid soil savannas and rain forests of tropical America]
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Pasture-crop technologies for acid soil savannas and rain forests of tropical America