Strategies for maintenance and improvement of soil productivity under continuous maize and beans cropping system in the sub-humid highlands of kenya: Case study of the long-term trial at kabete

Lessons learned from Long-term Soil Fertility Management Experiments in Africa

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 59-84

  Kibunja, C N ^a   Mwaura, F B ^b   Mugendi, D N ^c   Gicheru, P T ^a   Wamuongo, J W ^a   Bationo, A ^d  

^a KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^d Soil Health Alliance for A Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Crop residues; Long term; Maize bean rotation; Manure; NP fertilizers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931350916     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2938-4_4     Document Type: Chapter

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