Numerous innovation platforms have been implemented to encourage the adoption of agricultural innovations and stakeholder interactions within a value chain. Yet little research has been undertaken on the design and implementation of innovation platforms focussing on issues other than market acces...
Dabiré, Der
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Andrieu, Nadine
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Djamen, Patrice
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Coulibaly, Kalifa
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Posthumus, Helena
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Diallo, Amadou Mohamadoun
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Medina, Karambiri
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Douzet, Jean-Marie
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Triomphe, Bernard
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[Operationalizing an innovation platform approach for community-based participatory research on conservation agriculture in Burkina Faso]
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Operationalizing an innovation platform approach for community-based participatory research on conservation agriculture in Burkina Faso
Intensive tillage based management practices are threatening soil quality and systems sustainability in the ricewheat belt of Northwest India. Furthermore, it is accentuated with puddling of soil, which disrupts soil aggregates. Conservation agriculture (CA) practices involving zero tillage, crop...
Jat, Hanuman S.
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Datta, Ashim
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Choudhary, Madhu
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Yadav, Arvind Kumar
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Choudhary, Vishu
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Sharma, Parbodh C
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Gathala, Mahesh Kumar
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Jat, Mangi Lal
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McDonald, Andrew
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[Effects of tillage, crop establishment and diversification on soil organic carbon, aggregation, aggregate associated carbon and productivity in cereal systems of semi-arid Northwest India]
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Effects of tillage, crop establishment and diversification on soil organic carbon, aggregation, aggregate associated carbon and productivity in cereal systems of semi-arid Northwest India
Margenot, Andrew J.
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Pulleman, Mirjam
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Sommer, Rolf
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Paul, Birthe K.
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Parikh, Sanjai J.
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Jackson, Louise E.
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Fonte, Steven J.
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[Biochemical proxies indicate differences in soil C cycling induced by long-term tillage and residue management in a tropical agroecosystem]
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Biochemical proxies indicate differences in soil C cycling induced by long-term tillage and residue management in a tropical agroecosystem
Earthworms are important for soil functioning in arable cropping systems and earthworm species differ in their response to soil tillage and crop residue management. Lumbricus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) are rare in intensively tilled arable fields. In two parallel field trials with either non-inv...
Frazão, Joana
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Goede, Ron G.M. de
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Salánki, Tamás E.
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Brussaard, Lijbert
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Faber, Jack H.
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Hedde, Mickaël
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Pulleman, Mirjam M.
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[Responses of earthworm communities to crop residue management after inoculation of the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758)]
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Responses of earthworm communities to crop residue management after inoculation of the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Vegetation indices from Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper (TM) observations on single dates in August 1988, a drought year, and August 1989, a year with wet early season conditions, were used to study the impact of agricultural management and cultural practices on soybean (Glycine max) and corn (Zea mays...
Thenkabail, Prasad S.
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Ward, A.D.
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Lyon, J.
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[Impacts of agricultural management practices on soybean and corn crops evident in groundtruth data and thematic mapper vegetation indices]
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Impacts of agricultural management practices on soybean and corn crops evident in groundtruth data and thematic mapper vegetation indices
Paul, Birthe K.
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Pulleman, Mirjam
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Ayuke, Fredrick O.
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Six, Johan
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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[Response to G.W. Sileshi’s Letter to the Editor on AGEE13857 (2015): Exclusion of soil macrofauna did not affect soil quality – statistical artefact or true lack of effect?]
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Response to G.W. Sileshi’s Letter to the Editor on AGEE13857 (2015): Exclusion of soil macrofauna did not affect soil quality – statistical artefact or true lack of effect?
The two years on-farm tillage research during the 1999 and 2000 cropping seasons in Ethiopian highland Vertisol area demonstrated the importance of adapting cultural practices into participatory trials. The minimum tillage package could be an effective intervention for soil conservation due to th...
Astatke, A.
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Mamo, T.
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Peden, Donald G.
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Diedhiou, M.
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[Participatory on-farm conservation tillage trial in the Ethiopian highland Vertisols: The impact of potassium application on crop yields]
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Participatory on-farm conservation tillage trial in the Ethiopian highland Vertisols: The impact of potassium application on crop yields
Land degradation is one of the major problems related to low productivity in Ethiopia. Vertisols are potential agricultural lands but are underutilized due to waterlogging during the rainy season and are prone to soil erosion due to the traditional practices of planting crops at the end of the ra...
Astatke, A.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Mohamed Saleem, M.A.
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Erkossa, Teklu
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[Technical and economic performance of animal-drawn implements for minimum tillage: Experience on Vertisols in Ethiopia]
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Technical and economic performance of animal-drawn implements for minimum tillage: Experience on Vertisols in Ethiopia
Presents information on work carried out by ILCA in Ethiopia to develop an animal-drawn implement for reduced tillage, row planting and inter-row weeding. Comments briefly on the advantages and initial field test results on the implement.
An expt. was established in Esparza (Costa Rica), on the integrated management of web blight (Thanatephorus cucumeris) in common beans under the min. tillage system. Var. Porrillo 70 (intermediate resistance) and ICA Pijao (susceptible) were used. Herbicides gliphosate and paraquat (1.0 kg/ha) of...
Sánchez, H.M.
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Alfaro M., R.
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Morales G., A.
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MORA B., B.
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Gálvez E., Guillermo E.
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[Manejo integrado de mustia hilachosa causada por Thanatephorus cucumeris (Frank) Donk en frijol comun]
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Manejo integrado de mustia hilachosa causada por Thanatephorus cucumeris (Frank) Donk en frijol comun