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Fighting poverty in sub-Saharan Africa : the multiple roles of legumes in integrated soil fertility management / edited by Andre Bationo [and others].

By: Contributor(s): Series: Fighting Poverty in Sub-Sahara Africa: The Multiple Roles of legumes in Integrated Soil Fertility Management | Springer life sciencesPublication details: Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2011.Description: viii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
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  • 9789400715356 (hbk.)
  • 9400715358 (hbk.)
  • 9789400715363 (eISBN)
  • 9400715366 (eISBN)
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  • Multiple roles of legumes in integrated soil fertility management
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  • 633.30967 22
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Table of contents

1. Agro-Ecological Distribution of Legumes in farming systems and Identification of Biophysical Niches for Legume growth 1

2. Socio- Economic contribution of Legumes to livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa 27

3. Inter and Intra-specific variation of Legumes and mechanism to access and adapt to less available soil phosphorus and rock phosphate 47

4. Legume Based cropping and soil Biodiversity Dynamics 67

5. Strategies to adapt, Discriminate and scale out legume based Technologies 85

6. Comparative Analysis of the current and potential role of Legumes in integrated soil fertility management in West and Central Africa 117

7. Comparative Analysis of the current and potential role of Legumes in integrated soil fertility management in East Africa 151

8. Comparative Analysis of the current and potential role of Legumes in integrated soil fertility management in Southern Africa 175

9. Options for improving plant Nutrition to Increase common Bean productivity in Africa 201

Conclusion 241

Index 243


Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-240) and index.

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