Resources Tagged: Mucuna

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  1. Roland Bunch, Five Years in Africa

    2016-04-08 A report from Roland Bunch regarding his efforts to promote green manures and cover crops in Africa.
    Pigeon Pea Green Manures and ... Legume Intercropping Lablab Mucuna Tephrosia Gliricidia

  2. Maize – Legume Intercrop Based on IITA 2-4-2 Design

    2015-11-18 Dr. Motis and Betsy Langford were introduced to the 2-4-2 system by Dr. B.B. Singh at the Ukulima Farm research station in South Africa in Feb. of 2015. They subsequently planned and conducted this experiment with other legumes at the main ECHO campus in North Fort Myers, Florida.
    Intercropping Maize Jackbean Mucuna Cowpea Legume

  3. Some Interesting Questions About Velvet Beans

    1997-04-19 Information about seed set and nutrition of velvet beans.
    Velvet Bean Health Mucuna Nutrition

  4. Mucuna Trichomes as a Dewormer for Goats

    2006-07-20 Trichomes from Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. pruriens (also known as kewach or cow-itch) are effective in removing parasitic worms in pregnant does.
    Velvet Bean Livestock Parasites Mucuna

  5. Selecting Legumes as Green Manure/Cover Crops

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    2017-05-26 By integrating legumes into cropping systems, small-scale farmers in low-resource settings can invest in the long-term health and resilience of their soils. Success or failure depends largely on choosing the right legume(s). With that in mind, this document presents insights on legume selection...
    Green Manures Green Manure Cover... Green Manures and ... Cover Crops Legume Legumes Tropical legumes Lablab Mucuna Intercropping

  6. Reviving Soils with Mucuna - Video

    Access Agriculture Training Video In the coastal savanna of West Africa, farmers explain how a mucuna cover crop helped to revive their highly degraded soil, and suppress the noxious weeds Striga and Imperata. They show how to grow it to benefit your maize and cassava, and why discussing land...
    Soil Fertility Sustainable Land M... Legumes Maize AccessAgriculture GMCC Mucuna West Africa

  7. Bush Velvet Bean

    Bush forms of Mucuna pruriens grow rapidly, but have a more compact growth habit than vining types. The leaves are large and trifoliate with lateral leaflets 7–15 cm long, 5–12 cm wide. Flowers are light purple or white, resulting in pods 4-13 cm in length. Wild forms of M. pruriens have pods...
    Green Manures Green Manure Cover... Cover Crops Green Manures and ... Mucuna Velvet Bean

  8. Velvet Bean

    Velvet bean is a vigorous, nitrogen-fixing, bushy or vining, annual plant. The vines will climb anything available and can reach 10 m or more in length. Velvet bean is somewhat drought tolerant and is an excellent green manure or cover crop with ability to suppress weeds and provide generous...
    Green Manures and ... Pasture and Forage... Mucuna Velvet Bean

  9. Green Manure Crops

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    1985-01-01 Green manure crops are crops that are [often times in North America] grown to be turned under to increase soil fertility. Leguminous green manure crops ( i.e., those which can make nitrogen fertilizers from atmospheric nitrogen) can offer small-scale Third World farmers a tremendous number of...
    Mulch Conservation Agric... Soil Fertility Jackbean Mucuna Cover Crops Green Manures Green Manure Cover... Green Manures and ...

  10. Dietary Uses of Mucuna Beans: An Appraisal and Implications for Agricultural Development in West Africa

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    Mucuna Legumes