Abstract, PLoS One, 2017 Sustainability of maize-based cropping systems is a major challenge for southern Africa, yet the demand for maize as staple food and animal feed in the region continues to increase. A study was conducted on a sandy clay loam (220 g clay kg-1soil) at Domboshawa in Zimbabwe...
01.12.2001 A series of articles on soil organic matter and nitrogen availability in agroforestry systems, cycling of subsoil nutrients and rooting, phosphorus supply and availability, and organic sources of nutrients. 2 volumes Part I, Research publications in international journals Part 2, Reviews
01.06.2011 This booklet tells what you need to know about soils, what fertile soils are, how I can assess the fertility of soil, organic soil fertility management, soil and water conservation, improving soil organic matter, and soil fertility supplements. 13 pages, illustrated African Organic Agriculture...
01.01.2004 This notebook contains three sections, integrated soil and fertility management, belowground biodiversity, and participatory research and scaling up of soil fertility restoration technologies. Notebook, various page numbers, illustrated
01.01.1995 This booklet explains some techniques practiced by farmers in Nusa Tenggara to maintain or increase the productivity of their farms. 2 copies 32 pages, illustrated
01.01.1990 This IIED booklet draws conclusions on the relevance of development of small scale farmers' activities to restore soil and soil fertility in Hondurus.
01.01.1980 This book explains how "any soil can be cultivated and any plants grown, a garden in which no treatment of any kind, prevention or curative will be applied, considering as we do that a treated soil or plant is incapable of producing a sturday lineage." It also contains information on producing...
Sustainability of agricultural systems is a major global concern due to population growth and a number of environmental factors. This book addresses the key to the development of sustainable agriculture-management of soil fertility. Combining data from temperate and tropical regions, it presents...