Mucuna cover cropping: Benin

dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Development Programmeen
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialWest Africaen
dc.coverage.spatialBeninen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:55:47Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:55:47Zen
dc.date.issued2001en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractIn Benin, the soils of the southern plateaux have been under increasing pressure in recent years. As population density has increased, fallow periods have become too short to maintain soil productivity. The numerous smallholder farmers in the area have rarely used fertilizer and even when they have, the benefits have been reduced by a degraded soil resource base. One notable consequence of the reduced fallow periods has been the encroachment of Imperata cylindrica- an aggressive weed which requires substantial labour to eradicate by hand and which has forced farmers to abandon fields to fallow.en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier703en
dc.identifier.citationSharing Innovative Experiences Vol. 5 / Agriculture and Rural Development in the Southen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65973en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherRome: United Nations Development Programmeen
dc.relation.urihttp://tcdc.undp.org/experiences/vol5/Mucuna.pdfen
dc.subjectGreen manure cropsen
dc.subjectSoil managementen
dc.subjectSoil nutrientsen
dc.subjectSoil fertilityen
dc.subjectMucunaen
dc.subjectCover croppingen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scaleen
dc.titleMucuna cover cropping: Beninen
dc.typeAbstracten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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