Long-term effects of fallow systems and lengths on crop production and soil fertility maintenance in West Africa

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dc.contributor.authorTian, G.en
dc.contributor.authorKang, B. T.en
dc.contributor.authorKolawole, G. O.en
dc.contributor.authorIdinoba, P.en
dc.contributor.authorSalako, F. K.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialNigeriaen
dc.coverage.spatialWest Africaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:07:02Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:07:02Zen
dc.date.issued2005en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis article analyzes the results of a twelve year farm trial in West Africa examining the transition from shifting cultivation using a natural vegetation fallow, a leguminous cover crop fallow, and an woody alley crop fallow. The research determines that the cover crop and the alley crop fallows offer superior performance after one year. The cover crop is effective in increasing maize yield while the alley crop makes a more substantive contribution to soil organic carbon. If allowing a two year fallow, the natural vegetation also restores productivity and soil carbon. Thus, the paper provides evidence for farmers to pursue a cover cropping or alley cropping as an a more immediately productive return for a fallowed system in West Africa.en
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dc.identifier4395en
dc.identifier.citationNutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 71(2): 139-150en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10705-004-1927-yen
dc.identifier.issn1385-1314en
dc.identifier.issn1573-0867en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/68700en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright Springer 2005en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectConservation agricultureen
dc.subjectSoil degradationen
dc.subjectSoil managementen
dc.subjectSoil fertilityen
dc.subjectSoil qualityen
dc.subjectSoil organic matteren
dc.subjectShifting cultivationen
dc.subjectWest Africaen
dc.subjectCover cropsen
dc.subjectCrop yieldsen
dc.subjectFallowen
dc.subjectLong-term trialen
dc.subjectNigeriaen
dc.subjectSoil fertilityen
dc.subjectWoody speciesen
dc.subjectField Scaleen
dc.titleLong-term effects of fallow systems and lengths on crop production and soil fertility maintenance in West Africaen
dc.typeAbstracten
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