Search Results - "Tarawali, S. A"
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Improving the production and utilization of cowpea as food and fodder
Published in Field crops research (01-10-2003)“…Cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) is an important food legume and an integral part of traditional cropping systems in the semi-arid regions of the…”
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Performance of legume mixtures under small-plot periodic grazing
Published in Journal of agronomy and crop science (1986) (01-03-1999)“…The potential of pastures sown with species mixtures of tropical legume species compared with single species was investigated in subhumid west Africa, over a…”
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Differences in the effects of temperature and photoperiod on progress to flowering among diverse Mucuna spp
Published in Journal of agronomy and crop science (1986) (01-05-1999)“…The use of Mucuna spp. in cover crop and green manure technologies is proving to be successful in the tropics and subtropics following intensive efforts in…”
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Soil mineral N dynamics and maize grain yields following Centrosema macrocarpum and Stylosanthes guianensis: effects of different rotations and varying levels of N fertiliser
Published in Field crops research (01-11-2002)“…In order to contribute to improved utilisation of herbaceous legumes, in particular Centrosema macrocarpum and Stylosanthes guianensis for crop-livestock…”
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Adaptation of the CROPGRO growth model to velvet bean ( Mucuna pruriens) : II. Cultivar evaluation and model testing
Published in Field crops research (01-10-2002)“…Velvet bean ( Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. cv.-group utilis) is widely promoted in tropical and sub-tropical regions as a green manure cover crop that can reduce…”
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Integrated crop-livestock systems − a key to sustainable intensification in Africa
Published in Tropical grasslands-Forrajes tropicales (01-12-2013)“…Mixed crop-livestock systems provide livelihoods for a billion people and produce half the world’s cereal and around a third of its beef and milk. Market…”
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Potential contribution of lablab residues to maize production in moist savanna of West Africa
Published in Journal of sustainable agriculture (01-01-2008)“…Soils of the moist savanna of West Africa are poor in nitrogen; the natural fallow regeneration time has shortened; fertilizer costs and scarcity makes…”
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Farmers as co-developers and adopters of green-manure cover crops in West and Central Africa
Published in Natural Resources Management in African Agriculture (2002)“…This paper refers to 4 technologies involving cover crops and integrated crop-livestock interventions developed in West and Central Africa under varying…”
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Evaluating adoption of new crop-livestock-soil-management technologies using georeferenced village-level data: the case of cowpea in the dry savannahs of West Africa
Published in Natural Resources Management in African Agriculture (2002)“…This study uses georeferenced community-level data to study the adoption of improved cowpea ( ) in northern Nigeria. One objective of the study is to find out…”
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