The ability to fix N is not the only key to delivery of the benefits of BNF to farmers: experience of IITA in the savannas of Africa

The IITA in its research for sustainable soil fertility management has passed through several stages during which legume-based systems were always at the forefront. Alley cropping has N yields of more than 200 kg ha-1 with 50% N2 fixation. In the case of Mucuna cover cropping, the ecological benefit...

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Main Authors: Carsky, R.J., Sanginga, N., Schulz, S., Douthwaite, Boru, Manyong, Victor M., Diels, J., Vanlauwe, Bernard, Keatinge, J.D.H.
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: 2004
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/103354

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