Managing legume cover crops and their residues to enhance productivity of degraded soils in the humid tropics: A case study in Bukoba District, Tanzania

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-87

  Baijukya, F P ^a,b   De Ridder, N ^a   Giller, K E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Lake Zone Agricultural Research and Development Institute Maruku   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Labour productivity; Nutrient depleted soils; Short fallow legumes; Smallholder farms

Indexed keywords

COVER CROP; CROP RESIDUE; LEGUME; SOIL FERTILITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

CANDIDA; CROTALARIA; CROTALARIA GRAHAMIANA; MUCUNA DEERINGIANA; MUCUNA PRURIENS; TEPHROSIA; TEPHROSIA CANDIDA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 27844490115     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-005-7262-0     Document Type: Article

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