Cover Crops in Hillside Agriculture: Farmer Innovation with Mucuna

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1998

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International Development Research Centre

Abstract

The book begins, in Chapter 1, by tracing the movement of velvetbean and the knowledge of its uses from Asia to northern Honduras and noting the conditions under which velvetbean practice has waxed and waned in various parts of the world. Basic botanical features of Mucuna spp. and their historical uses in the United States and elsewhere are described.

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Soil degradation, Soil management, Nutrient recycling, Soil fertility, Mucuna, Velvetbean, Honduras, Hillside cultivation, Farmer evaluation, Economic impacts, Ecosystem Farm/Enterprise Scale

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