Author: Kurt G. SteinerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Intercropping in Tropical Smallholder Agriculture with Special Reference to West Africa
Author: Kurt G. SteinerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Cover Crops in West Africa
Author: International Development Research Centre (Canada)Publisher: IDRC
ISBN: 088936852X
Category : Cover crops
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Cover Crops in West Africa Contributing to Sustainable Agriculture
The Ecology of Intercropping
Author: John H. VandermeerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521346894
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
This study shows how classical ecological principles, especially those relating to competition and population ecology, can be applied to growing two or more crops together and how the approach can improve agricultural yields.
Appropriate Technologies for Farmers in Semi-arid West Africa
Author: Herbert W. OhmPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural innovations
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Sustainable Intensification
Author: Jules N. PrettyPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136529276
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Continued population growth, rapidly changing consumption patterns and the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation are driving limited resources of food, energy, water and materials towards critical thresholds worldwide. These pressures are likely to be substantial across Africa, where countries will have to find innovative ways to boost crop and livestock production to avoid becoming more reliant on imports and food aid. Sustainable agricultural intensification - producing more output from the same area of land while reducing the negative environmental impacts - represents a solution for millions of African farmers. This volume presents the lessons learned from 40 sustainable agricultural intensification programmes in 20 countries across Africa, commissioned as part of the UK Government's Foresight project. Through detailed case studies, the authors of each chapter examine how to develop productive and sustainable agricultural systems and how to scale up these systems to reach many more millions of people in the future. Themes covered include crop improvements, agroforestry and soil conservation, conservation agriculture, integrated pest management, horticulture, livestock and fodder crops, aquaculture, and novel policies and partnerships.
Cover Crops for Natural Resource Management in West Africa
Author: CIEPCA.Publisher: IITA
ISBN: 9789781311796
Category : Cover crops
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Research Methods for Cereal/legume Intercropping
Author: S. R. WaddingtonPublisher: CIMMYT
ISBN: 9789686127508
Category : Cereals
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Pulse crops for sustainable farms in sub-Saharan Africa
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9251300887
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Pulses have a long history in sub-Saharan Africa due to their multiple benefits. Pulses, and legumes in general, can play an important role in agriculture because of their ability to biologically fix atmospheric nitrogen and to enhance the biological turnover of phosphorus; thus they could become the cornerstone of sustainable agriculture in Africa. In this sense, there is a body of literature that points to diversification of existing production systems – particularly legumes species, which provide critical environmental services, including soil erosion control and soil nutrient recapitalization. This publication is a review of some of the promising strategies to support the cultivation and utilization of pulses on smallholder farms in sub-Saharan Africa. The review is part of the legacy of the International Year of Pulses (IYP), which sought to recognize the contribution that pulses make to human well-being and the environment.
Publications of the International Agricultural Research and Development Centers
Author: Publisher: IRRI
ISBN: 9711042169
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Advances in Cowpea Research
Author: B. B. SinghPublisher: IITA
ISBN: 9789781311109
Category : Cowpea
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Cowpea: taxonomy, genetics, and breeding, physiology and agronomy, diseases and parasitic weeds, insect pests, postharvest technology and utilization. Biotechnological applications.