Reliable estimates of symbiotically fixed N2 in herbaceous legumes are important in order to determine their role in maintaining or improving N levels in tropical low-external-input farming systems. We have studied the effects of different management systems on the suitability of two non-N2-fixin...
Ibewiro, B.
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Sanginga, P.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Merckx, R.
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[Evaluation of symbiotic dinitrogen inputs of herbaceous legumes into tropical cover crop systems]
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Evaluation of symbiotic dinitrogen inputs of herbaceous legumes into tropical cover crop systems
Damene, S
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Tamene, Lulseged
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Vlek, Paul L.G.
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[Performance of exclosure in restoring soil fertility: a case of Gubalafto district in North Wello Zone, northern highlands of Ethiopia]
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Performance of exclosure in restoring soil fertility: a case of Gubalafto district in North Wello Zone, northern highlands of Ethiopia
The objective of this work was to assess the effects of integrated crop-livestock systems, associated
with two tillage and two fertilization regimes, on the abundance and diversity of the soil macrofauna. Four
different management systems were studied: continuous pasture (mixed grass); continuous...
Marchao, RL
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Lavelle, Patrick M.
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Celini, L
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Balbino, LC
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Vilela, L
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Becquer, T
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[Soil macrofauna under integrated crop-livestock systems in a Brazilian Cerrado Ferralsol]
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Soil macrofauna under integrated crop-livestock systems in a Brazilian Cerrado Ferralsol
Rusinamhodzi, Leonard
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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Corbeels, Marc
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Giller, Ken E.
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[Maize crop residue uses and trade-offs on smallholder crop-livestock farms in Zimbabwe: economic implications of intensification]
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Maize crop residue uses and trade-offs on smallholder crop-livestock farms in Zimbabwe: economic implications of intensification
Towett, Erick K.
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Shepherd, Keith D.
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Tondoh, Jérôme E.
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Winowiecki, Leigh A.
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Tamene, Lulseged
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Nyambura, Mercy
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Sila, Andrew
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Vågen, Tor-Gunnar
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Cadisch, Georg
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[Total elemental composition of soils in Sub-Saharan Africa and relationship with soil forming factors]
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Total elemental composition of soils in Sub-Saharan Africa and relationship with soil forming factors
In the Brazilian savanna, there is a risk that soil fertility of pastures declines to a level below that of the native savanna because of low fertilizer application. To evaluate biophysical pasture sustainability we compared regularly fertilized productive pasture (PP), degraded pasture fertilize...
Lilienfein, J
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Wilcke, W.
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Vilela, L
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Ayarza, Miguel Angel
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Carmo Lima, S. do
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Zech, W.
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[Soil fertility under native cerrado and pasture in the Brazilian savanna]
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Soil fertility under native cerrado and pasture in the Brazilian savanna
Smallholder agroforestry systems often incorporate features that are associated with abundant, diverse soil macrofauna populations. This study sampled soil macrofauna communities across four major land uses present within agricultural landscapes where the Quesungual Slash-and-Mulch Agroforestry S...
Pauli, N.
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Barrios, E.
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Conacher, A.J.
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Oberthür, Thomas
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[Soil macrofauna in agricultural landscapes dominated by the Quesungual Slash-and-Mulch agroforestry system, western Honduras]
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Soil macrofauna in agricultural landscapes dominated by the Quesungual Slash-and-Mulch agroforestry system, western Honduras
Sub-Saharan Africa faces huge food supply challenges due to increasing human population, limited opportunities to increase arable land, and declining yields associated with continuously declining soil fertility. To cater for their food requirements, smallholders use only modest levels of inorgani...
Waithaka, M.M.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Shepherd, Keith D.
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Ndiwa, Nicholas N.
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[Enhancing sustainable soil fertility management by smallholders: the case of Vihiga, western Kenya]
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Enhancing sustainable soil fertility management by smallholders: the case of Vihiga, western Kenya
In semiarid West Africa, inorganic fertilizer use and sustainability objectives are complementary. With increasing population pressure and low levels of purchased inputs, crop yields in many regions are declining. Moderate use of inorganic fertilizer is required for increasing yields in a sustain...
Shapiro, Barry I.
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Sanders, J.H.
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[Fertilizer use in semiarid West Africa: Profitability and supporting policy]
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Fertilizer use in semiarid West Africa: Profitability and supporting policy
A study conducted to determine the effect of inter-site variation in soil fertility on plant growth as well as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium nutrition of leucaena and gliricidia.
Cobbina, J.
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Kang, B.T.
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Atta-Krah, A.N.
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[Effect of soil fertility on early growth of leucaena and gliricidia in alley farms]
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Effect of soil fertility on early growth of leucaena and gliricidia in alley farms