Doubled-up legume systems rotated with cereals in southern Africa: IPSR Innovation Profile

The doubled-up legume system involving groundnuts and pigeon pea, comes across as being a perfect combination as the groundnuts only exploit the shallow soil profile and mature relatively faster whereas pigeon peas develop much slower while being deeper-rooted, leading to less competition in the sys...

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Autor principal: Thierfelder, Christian L.
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125519
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description The doubled-up legume system involving groundnuts and pigeon pea, comes across as being a perfect combination as the groundnuts only exploit the shallow soil profile and mature relatively faster whereas pigeon peas develop much slower while being deeper-rooted, leading to less competition in the system. Pigeon peas mature at least 2-3 months after the groundnuts, usually providing an increase in overall grain yield from both crops. Pigeon peas also add a large amount of slow decomposing biomass, besides nitrogen rich leaves and stems, which can be used partially as surface mulch or firewood. This benefits the whole cropping system and the household.
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spelling CGSpace1255192025-11-06T13:02:24Z Doubled-up legume systems rotated with cereals in southern Africa: IPSR Innovation Profile Thierfelder, Christian L. scaling up innovation double cropping legumes biomass sustainable intensification groundnuts pigeon peas The doubled-up legume system involving groundnuts and pigeon pea, comes across as being a perfect combination as the groundnuts only exploit the shallow soil profile and mature relatively faster whereas pigeon peas develop much slower while being deeper-rooted, leading to less competition in the system. Pigeon peas mature at least 2-3 months after the groundnuts, usually providing an increase in overall grain yield from both crops. Pigeon peas also add a large amount of slow decomposing biomass, besides nitrogen rich leaves and stems, which can be used partially as surface mulch or firewood. This benefits the whole cropping system and the household. 2022-11-15 2022-11-18T08:31:11Z 2022-11-18T08:31:11Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125519 en https://www.cgiar.org/research/publication/sustainable-intensification-practices-for-smallholder-farmers-in-zambia-a-farmers-manual/ https://repository.cimmyt.org/xmlui/handle/10883/21741 Open Access application/pdf Thierfelder, C. 2022. Doubled-up legume systems rotated with cereals in southern Africa: IPSR Innovation Profile. First edition, December 2022. Montpellier: CGIAR System Organization.
spellingShingle scaling up
innovation
double cropping
legumes
biomass
sustainable intensification
groundnuts
pigeon peas
Thierfelder, Christian L.
Doubled-up legume systems rotated with cereals in southern Africa: IPSR Innovation Profile
title Doubled-up legume systems rotated with cereals in southern Africa: IPSR Innovation Profile
title_full Doubled-up legume systems rotated with cereals in southern Africa: IPSR Innovation Profile
title_fullStr Doubled-up legume systems rotated with cereals in southern Africa: IPSR Innovation Profile
title_full_unstemmed Doubled-up legume systems rotated with cereals in southern Africa: IPSR Innovation Profile
title_short Doubled-up legume systems rotated with cereals in southern Africa: IPSR Innovation Profile
title_sort doubled up legume systems rotated with cereals in southern africa ipsr innovation profile
topic scaling up
innovation
double cropping
legumes
biomass
sustainable intensification
groundnuts
pigeon peas
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