Improved soil fertility in Benin

Farmer groups in Benin have found that the leguminous ground creeper, mucuna, serves two purposes: it suppresses pernicious weeds and builds up soil fertility. In the late 1980s, the Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Benin (INRAB) began...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: News Item
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1995
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/47080
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Summary:Farmer groups in Benin have found that the leguminous ground creeper, mucuna, serves two purposes: it suppresses pernicious weeds and builds up soil fertility. In the late 1980s, the Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Benin (INRAB) began...