Combating food insecurity on sandy soils in Zimbabwe: The legume challenge

Symbiosis

Volumn 48, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 25-36

  Mtambanengwe, Florence ^a   Mapfumo, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b CIMMYT   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Grain legumes; Green manure; Learning Centres; Poor inherent soil fertility; Resource endowment; Smallholder farmer

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD SECURITY; LEGUME; MANURE; NITROGEN FIXATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SANDY SOIL; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL FERTILITY;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

BAMBARA; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 69249196605     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03179982     Document Type: Conference Paper

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