Resources Tagged: Cover Crops

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  1. Success With Velvet Bean in the Republic of Benin

    1993-12-19 Velvet bean,Mucuna pruriens, hasprobably had more impact on farmers lives than any plant distributed from our seedbank.
    Velvet Bean Legume Cover Crops Green Manures

  2. Innovations in Green Manures

    1995-01-19 Information about green manure and cover crop legumes.
    Velvet Bean Roland Bunch Legume Cover Crops Green Manures

  3. Vegetative and Agronomic Technologies for Land Husbandry

    2005-10-01 One of the most important things a farmer can do for his farm is to prevent soil erosion. One way to do so is by keeping soil covered, especially during the rainy season. Vegetative cover and high levels of soil organic matter are key. Below is a brief description of several vegetative or...
    Green Manures and ... Green Manures Contour Farming Improved Fallow Soil Health Organic Matter Fallow Cover Crops

  4. Navigating the Pigeon Pea Value Chain

    2017-02-07 Pigeon pea is an important green manure/cover crop with multiple agronomic and market impacts for small farmers, and fits ideally in a conservation agriculture system. Kilimo Markets integrates value chains through enhancing production, inputs supply chains especially seed for which it is...
    Pigeon Pea Green Manures Cover Crops Value Chains Conservation Agric... East Africa

  5. Principles of Agriculture For The Humid Tropics

    1997-11-19 Principles for increasing organic matter in order to increase soil fertility. Little by little, work in a dozen countries has convinced us that the vast majority of soils can be made highly fertile. How? By using our first principle:maximize organic matter production.
    Roland Bunch Cover Crops Green Manures Mulch

  6. The Rise of Pigeon Peas in Importance

    2017-02-07 Pigeon pea is an important green manure/cover crop with multiple agronomic and market impacts for small farmers, and fits ideally in a conservation agriculture system. Presenter : Said Silim has recently retired from a distinguished career in international development from ICRISAT, and helped to...
    Pigeon Pea Conservation Agric... Cover Crops Green Manures Smallholder Farm East Africa

  7. Tephrosia Fallow Management in Cameroon

    1999-10-19 Stefan Cherry shares insights from a community in Cameroon where Tephrosia vogelii is an integral part of the farming system.
    Rural Development Cover Crops Green Manures Fallow

  8. Performance of Jack Bean Seed that ECHO Sent Us.

    1999-03-19 This is a good example of how quickly seeds can multiply. “Of the 8 seeds that were sent 4 were planted in a placewhere sunlight was restricted to about 4 hours a day. These gave very few pods. The 4 others got more sunlight and we got a harvest of 185 seeds so far. We have planted 160 of these...
    Jackbean Legume Cover Crops Green Manures Seeds

  9. Cover Crops Lessons Learned

    2015-02-03
    Cover Crops East Africa

  10. Climate Change Adapted Agriculture - GMCCs

    2017-05-23 This presentation on Gree Manure Cover Cropsseeks to answer the question: How do we achieve all of these objectives (profitability, practically, resiliency, reduced reliance on fossil-fuels, sustainability) when land is limited/degraded, inputs are unavailable or unattainable, labor is scarce,...
    GMCC Cover Crops Green Manure Cover... Climate Change Asia