Can residual effects of green manure cover crops (GMCC) solve N fertilizer challenges in conservation agriculture (CA) systems of Southern Africa?

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dc.contributor.authorCheesman, S.en
dc.contributor.authorThierfelder, Christianen
dc.contributor.authorEash, Neal S.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialSouthern Africaen
dc.coverage.spatialZimbabween
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:31:38Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:31:38Zen
dc.date.issued2012en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis poster was presented on October 22nd, 2012 in Cincinnati, Ohio. This poster contained information on the lack of accessible fertilizer in Southern Africa. Means of alternative fertilizers is important in order to increase production and the biomass of the soil. Green manure cover crops (GMCC) offer the ability to increase Nitrogen fertilization for small-scale farmers. A four year conservation agriculture trial was carried out at the University Farm and Domboshava Training Center in Zimbabwe.en
dc.description.notesLTRA-9 (Developing sustainable CAPS for smallholder farmers in Southern Africa)en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier8789en
dc.identifier.citationPresented at the ASA, CSSA, SSSA Annual Meeting Cincinnati, OH 22, October 2012en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/70386en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.relation.urihttps://scisoc.confex.com/crops/2012am/webprogram/Paper73813.htmlen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSmall-scale farmingen
dc.subjectGreen manure cropsen
dc.subjectConservation agricultureen
dc.subjectSoil nutrientsen
dc.subjectManureen
dc.subjectField Scaleen
dc.titleCan residual effects of green manure cover crops (GMCC) solve N fertilizer challenges in conservation agriculture (CA) systems of Southern Africa?en
dc.typeAbstracten
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