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Pest Management in Grain Legumes: Potential and Limitations
Grain legumes such as chickpea, pigeonpea, cowpea, field pea , lentil, ,
and Phaseolus beans are the principal source of dietary protein among vegetarians,
and are an integral part of daily diet in several forms worldwide. ...
Assessment of legume utilization among smallholder farmers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, Rwanda and Nigeria
Popoola, I., Maziya-Dixon, B., Katengwa, S., Sanginga, J., Woomer, P., Sangodele, E. & Kanampiu, F. (2016). Assessment of legume utilization among smallholder farmers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, Rwanda ...
Poor farmers - poor yields: socio-economic, soil fertility and crop management indicators affecting climbing bean productivity in northern Rwanda
Climbing bean is the key staple legume crop in the highlands of East and Central Africa. We assessed the impact of interactions between soil fertility characteristics, crop management and socio-economic factors, such as ...
Understanding variability in soybean yield and response to P-fertilizer and rhizobium inoculants on farmers' fields in northern Nigeria
Soybean yields could benefit from the use of improved varieties, phosphate-fertilizer and rhizobium inoculants. In this study, we evaluated the results of widespread testing of promiscuous soybean varieties with four ...
Public-private partnerships for sustainable supply of legume inputs in Northern Ghana
djeiNsiah, S., Doe, E., Bars, E., AmpaduBoakye, T. & Kanampiu, F. (2016). Publicprivate partnerships for sustainable supply of legume
inputs in Northern Ghana. Poster: N2Africa Putting nitrogen fixation to work for ...
Genomic resources for pigeonpea
Pigeonpea is increasingly playing a
critical role in the lives of many farmers in
the semi-arid tropics, where it is grown for
both subsistence and commercial use. The
recent availability of genomic resources
opened a new ...
Performance of groundnut genotypes under millet based intercropping systems in Sudan Savanna of Nigeria
Spatial arrangement of crops is critical in
determining the growth and yield of lower crops in
intercropping. The productivity of two spatial
arrangements of pearl millet-groundnut intercrops was
studied in the Sudan savanna ...