Agroforestry systems and tree cover on agricultural land make an important contribution to climate change mitigation, but are not systematically accounted for in either global carbon budgets or national carbon accounting. This paper assesses the role of trees on agricultural land and their signif...
Zomer, Robert J.
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Neufeldt, Henry
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Xu, Jianchu
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Ahrends, Antje
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Bossio, Deborah A.
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Trabucco, Antonio
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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Wang, Mingcheng
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[Global tree cover and biomass carbon on agricultural land: The contribution of agroforestry to global and national carbon budgets]
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Global tree cover and biomass carbon on agricultural land: The contribution of agroforestry to global and national carbon budgets
Rousseau, Laurent
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Fonte, Steven J.
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Tellez, O.
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Hoek, Rein van der
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Lavelle, Patrick M.
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[Soil macrofauna as indicators of soil quality and land use impacts in smallholder agroecosystems of western Nicaragua]
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Soil macrofauna as indicators of soil quality and land use impacts in smallholder agroecosystems of western Nicaragua
Earthworm surface cast production and nutrient turnover through casts were measured for 3 years in a 17-year-old timber plantation in southern Cameroon after selective reduction to two timber stand densities (TSDs) and understorey cropping with plantain and tannia. Neither understorey cropping no...
Norgrove, L.
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Hauser, S.
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[Production and nutrient content of earthworm casts in a tropical agrisilvicultural system]
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Production and nutrient content of earthworm casts in a tropical agrisilvicultural system
Deforestation in the humid tropics poses an increasing threat to natural forests and future timber supplies. Smallholder slash and burn farming and timber extraction are the major causes of deforestation in the Congo basin. Therefore, the feasibility of an alternative to slash and burn, the combi...
Norgrove, L.
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Hauser, S.
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[Yield of plantain grown under different tree densities and slash and mulch versus slash and burn management in an agrisilvicultural system in southern Cameroon]
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Yield of plantain grown under different tree densities and slash and mulch versus slash and burn management in an agrisilvicultural system in southern Cameroon
Data are presented for termite assemblages across an anthropogenic disturbance gradient in the humid forest zone of West and Central Africa. Sampling was by standardised 100m × 2m transects in: primary forest, several ages of regenerating forest, agroforestry plots, short fallows, mixed food crop...
Eggleton, P.
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Bignell, D.
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Hauser, S.
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Dibog, L.
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Norgrove, L.
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Madong, B.
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[Termite diversity across an anthropogenic disturbance gradient in the humid forest zone of West Africa]
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Termite diversity across an anthropogenic disturbance gradient in the humid forest zone of West Africa
Although the West-African moist savanna zone has a high potential for crop production, yields on farmers' fields are, on average, far below this potential, mainly due to the low use of external sources of nutrients. Since the mid-1990s, it has become clear that in order to upgrade crop production...
Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Aihou, K.
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Houngnandan, P.
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Diels, J.
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Sanginga, N.
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Merckx, R.
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[Nitrogen management in adequate input maizebased agriculture in the derived savanna benchmark zone of Benin Republic]
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Nitrogen management in adequate input maizebased agriculture in the derived savanna benchmark zone of Benin Republic
Earthworms can have positive effects upon crop growth in the tropics. If soils are to be managed sustainably, then more attention should be paid to the effects of cultivation and cropping practices upon earthworms. When forest vegetation is cleared, slashed, burned and land is tilled and cultivat...
Norgrove, L.
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Csuzdi, C.
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Hauser, S.
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[Effects of cropping and tree density on earthworm community composition and densities in central Cameroon]
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Effects of cropping and tree density on earthworm community composition and densities in central Cameroon
Discusses the implications of land tenure systems in south-east Nigeria for the acceptability and viability of alley farming. Reviews the region's tenure system followed by case studies of the communities where the Humid Zone Programme of ILCA has been conducting on-farm trials of alley farming. ...
Francis, P.A.
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[Land tenure systems and agricultural innovation. The case of alley farming in Nigeria]
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Land tenure systems and agricultural innovation. The case of alley farming in Nigeria
Climate-smart approaches have gained momentum in tropical, agricultural development. However, to date, few studies have examined whole-farm greenhouse gas (GHG) balances in smallholder crop-livestock systems. This study aimed to quantify GHG balances at farm-scale, identify GHG hotspots and asses...
Ortiz Gonzalo, Daniel
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Vaast, Philippe
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Oelofse, Myles
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Neergaard, Andreas de
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Albrecht, Alain
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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[Farm-scale greenhouse gas balances, hotspots and uncertainties in smallholder crop-livestock systems in Central Kenya]
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Farm-scale greenhouse gas balances, hotspots and uncertainties in smallholder crop-livestock systems in Central Kenya
Biocarbon projects can connect climate finance to smallholder farmers and can provide considerable benefits to improved productivity, land health and income, market access, institutional stability and, ultimately, food security and reduced poverty for asset-poor rural communities. While most bioc...
Foster K
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Neufeldt, Henry
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[Biocarbon projects in agroforestry: lessons from the past for future development]
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Biocarbon projects in agroforestry: lessons from the past for future development