On-farm productivity of relay-cropped Mucuna and Lablab in smallholder crop-livestock systems in northwestern Kenya
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2006
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Oxford, UK: Haworth Press, Inc.
Abstract
Using legumes as green manures may help increase soil fertility and the quality of livestock feeds in northwestern Kenya. This study examines relay-cropped mucuna and lablab as alternatives to fallowing in a maize-common bean intercrop system. The maize grain yield was greater after planting mucuna than lablab even when some of the fodder is used as livestock feed.
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Integrated crop management, Green manure crops, Soil organic matter, Agriculture, Soil fertility, Legume fodder, Maize-bean intercrop, Mucuna, Lablab, Northwestern kenya, Field Scale
Citation
Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 28(1): 97-116