Increased productivity through integrated soil fertility management in cassava-legume intercropping systems in the highlands of Sud-Kivu, DR Congo

Field Crops Research

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-85

  Pypers, Pieter ^a   Sanginga, Jean Marie ^b   Kasereka, Bishikwabo ^b   Walangululu, Masamba ^c   Vanlauwe, Bernard ^a  

^a Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute of CIAT   (Kenya)

^b CIAT   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF BUKAVU   (Democratic Republic Congo)

Author keywords

Crop arrangement; Economic benefits; Fertilizer; Grain legume; Improved germplasm

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; CASSAVA; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INTERCROPPING; INVESTMENT; LEGUME; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOYBEAN; UPLAND REGION; YIELD RESPONSE;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; SUD KIVU;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; GLYCINE MAX; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 78249242737     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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