Potato-legume intercropping enhances climate resilience and adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers. Research Brief 03.

In this brief, we report two potential roles of potato-legume intercropping: (i) improved control of soil erosion to make potato production more sustainable in the highlands; and (ii) optimizing soil temperatures, soil water contents and soil nutrient balance thus enabling potato production in the d...

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Autores principales: Nyawade, S., Vandamme, Elke, Friedmann, M., Parker, M.
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Potato Center 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108045
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Sumario:In this brief, we report two potential roles of potato-legume intercropping: (i) improved control of soil erosion to make potato production more sustainable in the highlands; and (ii) optimizing soil temperatures, soil water contents and soil nutrient balance thus enabling potato production in the drier midland agro-food systems. The results are derived from six separate studies conducted between the 2014 wet season and 2018 dry season in Kenya