Add to ORKGSoil degradation poses a serious threat to food production and rural livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa1. Nutrient mining ,as a result of unsustainable farming practices, have left the soils unfertile (Fig.1). Green Manure Cover Crops (GMCC’s) are a promising intervention to improve soil health2.Benefits from GMCC’s are well known; however, there has been low uptake. Information on how GMCC technologies impact on profits, soil health ,and ecosystem services had not been thoroughly assessed3. Therefore, a Cropping System Sustainability Tool (CROSST) was developed to better understand agro-environmental and socio-economic impacts and trade-offs of GMCC integration in cropping systems. The tool was pilot tested in Benin and Kenya under the Ger...
The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), in collaboration with our national researc...
Conservation agriculture is defined by three main principles: minimum soil disturbance, permanent s...
To increase productivity while limiting GHG emissions, African smallholders need field-specific fert...
Farming practices in sub-Saharan Africa have resulted in declining soil fertility. Hence, Green Manu...
The tool quantifies gross economic margin, productivity (yield), soil health (N and P balances, soil...
In maize-based farming systems, intercropping of maize with green manure have been increasingly been...
Scaling up agronomic technologies and practices for African farming systems has the potential to ben...
When it comes to “future-proofing” farming activities, it’s time to mainstream soil health into eff...
Sustainable Land Management (SLM) plays an important role in balancing human demands and ecosystem s...
Croplands in smallholder farming areas of Southern Africa are in a degraded state, with most cereal ...
Presented at GLOBELICS 2009, 7th International Conference, 6-8 October, Dakar, Senegal.Parallel sess...
Soil degradation remains a challenge in African highlands, where land management lacks a strong cont...
Agricultural commodity production in a changing climate scenario is undergoing sustainability challe...
Soil fertility depletion is a major constraint of smallholder farming in sub-Saharan Africa. We test...
Efforts to meet the growing demand for food across Africa have led to unsustainable land management ...
The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), in collaboration with our national researc...
Conservation agriculture is defined by three main principles: minimum soil disturbance, permanent s...
To increase productivity while limiting GHG emissions, African smallholders need field-specific fert...
Farming practices in sub-Saharan Africa have resulted in declining soil fertility. Hence, Green Manu...
The tool quantifies gross economic margin, productivity (yield), soil health (N and P balances, soil...
In maize-based farming systems, intercropping of maize with green manure have been increasingly been...
Scaling up agronomic technologies and practices for African farming systems has the potential to ben...
When it comes to “future-proofing” farming activities, it’s time to mainstream soil health into eff...
Sustainable Land Management (SLM) plays an important role in balancing human demands and ecosystem s...
Croplands in smallholder farming areas of Southern Africa are in a degraded state, with most cereal ...
Presented at GLOBELICS 2009, 7th International Conference, 6-8 October, Dakar, Senegal.Parallel sess...
Soil degradation remains a challenge in African highlands, where land management lacks a strong cont...
Agricultural commodity production in a changing climate scenario is undergoing sustainability challe...
Soil fertility depletion is a major constraint of smallholder farming in sub-Saharan Africa. We test...
Efforts to meet the growing demand for food across Africa have led to unsustainable land management ...
The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), in collaboration with our national researc...
Conservation agriculture is defined by three main principles: minimum soil disturbance, permanent s...
To increase productivity while limiting GHG emissions, African smallholders need field-specific fert...