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Cropping system sustainability tool 'CROSST' is an Excel-based tool assessing both agro-environmental and socio-economic impacts of Green Manure Cover Crop (GMCC) technologies

The tool quantifies gross economic margin, productivity (yield), soil health (N and P balances, soil structure, and soil organic carbon), required labor hours, and the trade-offs between these indicators. The tool was pilot-tested in Benin and Kenya under the BMZ-GIZ program on ‘Soil Protection and...

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Main Author: CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: 2019
Subjects:
food security
sustainability
productivity
health
soil
trade
carbon
indicators
development
rural development
rehabilitation
labour
soil organic carbon
systems
soil structure
agrifood systems
benin
food
soil health
impacts
organic carbon
programmes
protection
balances
structure
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/122676
Summary:The tool quantifies gross economic margin, productivity (yield), soil health (N and P balances, soil structure, and soil organic carbon), required labor hours, and the trade-offs between these indicators. The tool was pilot-tested in Benin and Kenya under the BMZ-GIZ program on ‘Soil Protection and Rehabilitation for Food Security.’

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