Herbaceous legumes: The panacea for West African soil fertility problems?

Sustaining Soil Fertility in West Africa

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 179-196

  Schulz, Steffen ^a   Carsky, Robert J ^b   Tarawali, Shirley A ^c  

^a IITA   (Niger)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

^c IITA and ILRI   (Niger)

Author keywords

Biomass; Herbaceous legumes; Legume technologies; Nitrogen contributions; Panacea; Soil fertility; West Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102020299     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaspecpub58.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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