A regional workshop was held in Ethiopia (Eastern Africa) to assess the status, future needs, and methodological issues of soil fertility research for bean cropping systems on the continent. Traditional forms of soil fertility maintenance, diagnosis of soil fertility constraints, nutrient requirements, use of fertilizers, cropping systems and soil fertility, and soil organic matter and the use of green manures and mulching were addressed.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 1988
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 1988Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa
Several traditional methods of maintaining soil fertility in bean-based cropping systems are reviewed as follows: visoso, large- scale chitemene, ngoro or matengo pit (Mbinga District, Tanzania), mambwe land-use system of northern Zambia (fundikila), mounds of the Wafipas (SW Tanzania), tumba land-use system (southern Tanzania), guie (central highlands of Ethiopia), mafuku in Zaire, termite mounds, agroforestry, relay intercropping systems, coffee- banana-bean cropping system of the Wahayas of Bukoba (Tanzania), removal of maize tassels (northern Malawi), and storage of nutrients in weeds (
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1988Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, Guatemala, South America, Central America
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1988Ecuador, Central America, South America
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