Biological Nitrogen Fixation and Sustainability of Tropical Agriculture

Biological Nitrogen Fixation and Sustainability of Tropical Agriculture
Author: African Association for Biological Nitrogen Fixation. Conference
Publisher: IITA
Total Pages: 512
Release: 1992-10-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780471935605

Biological nitrogen fixation in tropical agrosystems: twenty years of biological nitrogen fixation research in Africa; Sustainable agriculture: definition and measurement; Biological nitrogen fixation systems in tropical ecosystems: an overview; A protocol for screening legumes as soil-improving crops; The sustenance of tropical agriculture with multipurpose azolla; Facteurs pedoclimatiques limitant la lixation biologique l'azole; Response of some tropical nitrogen-fixing woody legumes to drought and inoculation with mycorrhiza; Improvement to the Phaseolus/Rhizobium symbiosis, with particular reference to the Caribbean region; Effect of pest management systems on biological nitrogen fixation; Agronomic evaluation of a rock phosphate as a phosphorus source for Leucaena leucocephala grown on an utisol; Nodulation of soybean grown under field conditions and inoculated with Bradyrhizobium japonicum strains; Effect of fertilization and Rhizobium inoculation on the growth of Leucaena and Gliricidia on an alfisol in south-western Nigeria; Early growth and nodulation in Leucaena and Gliricidia and the effects or pruning on biomass productivity; Comparative stude on the growth and productivity of Sesbania and Leucaena in the Central Plateau region, Rwanda; Supernoculation and non-nodulation mutants of soybean; Genetically improved rhizobia and their use in agriculture; Sustainability of nitrogen-fixing cropping systems: Nodulation and nitrogen fixation and transfer in a cowpea/rice cropping system; The role of legumes in sustaiing soil productivity and controlling soil erosion; Fitting soil-improving legumes into inland valley rice-baes cropping systems in West Africa; Herbage yield and soil fertility restoration potential of some tropical forage legumes.

Cassava in Tropical Africa

Cassava in Tropical Africa
Author: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Publisher: IITA
Total Pages: 184
Release: 1990
Genre: Cassava
ISBN: 9781310413

Intended as both an instructional and a reference tool, the volume covers the production and postharvest treatment of cassava. The first part describes production constraints including pests , diseases, weeds, soils agronomic factors, and socioeconomic considerations. In part two, plant morphology, plant physiology and plant breeding are related to yields and diseases resistance. Part three covers postharvest treatment and part four describes cassava research. A bibliography of recommended reading is included.

Advances in Cowpea Research

Advances in Cowpea Research
Author: B. B. Singh
Publisher: IITA
Total Pages: 400
Release: 1997
Genre: Cowpea
ISBN: 9789781311109

Cowpea: taxonomy, genetics, and breeding, physiology and agronomy, diseases and parasitic weeds, insect pests, postharvest technology and utilization. Biotechnological applications.

Innovation Platforms for Agricultural Development

Innovation Platforms for Agricultural Development
Author: Iddo Dror
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2015-12-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1317296141

Innovation Platforms (IPs) form the core of many Agricultural Research for Development programmes, stimulating multi-stakeholder collaboration and action towards the realization of agricultural development outcomes. This book enhances the body of knowledge of IPs by focusing on mature IPs in agricultural systems research, including the crop and livestock sectors, and innovations in farmer cooperatives and agricultural extension services. Resulting from an international IP case study competition, the examples reported will help the many actors involved with agricultural IPs worldwide reflect on their actions and achievements (or failures), and find tools to share their experience. Chapters feature case studies from Central Africa, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Nicaragua and Uganda. Authors reflect critically on the impact of IPs and showcase their progress, providing an important sourcebook and inspiration for students, researchers and professionals.

To Feed Ourselves

To Feed Ourselves
Author: Bantayehu Gelaw
Publisher: CIMMYT
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1986
Genre: Corn
ISBN: 9789686127058

Advances in Genetic Enhancement of Early and Extra-Early Maize for Sub-Saharan Africa

Advances in Genetic Enhancement of Early and Extra-Early Maize for Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: Baffour Badu-Apraku
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 632
Release: 2017-11-10
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319648527

The book focuses on the principles and practices of tropical maize improvement with special emphasis on early and extra-early maize to feed the increasing population in Sub-Saharan Africa. It highlights the similarities and differences between results obtained in temperate regions of the world and WCA in terms of corroboration or refutation of genetic principles and theory of maize breeding. The book is expected to be of great interest to maize breeders, advanced undergraduates, graduate students, professors and research scientists in the national and international research institutes all over the world, particularly Sub-Saharan Africa. It will also serve as a useful reference for agricultural extension and technology transfer systems, Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Community-Based Organizations (CBOs), seed companies and community-based seed enterprises, policy makers, and all those who are interested in generating wealth from agriculture and alleviating hunger and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Advancing Gender Equality Through Agricultural and Environmental Research

Advancing Gender Equality Through Agricultural and Environmental Research
Author: Rhiannon Pyburn
Publisher: International Food Policy Research Insitute
Total Pages:
Release: 2021
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780896293922

"Advancing Gender Equality through Agricultural and Environmental Research: Past, Present, and Future stands to become the new go-to resource on gender in agriculture. Bringing together contributions from more than 60 authors who expertly straddle gender research and agricultural science, it offers important insights for the wider agricultural research and development communities. A comprehensive synthesis of CGIAR gender research to date, it not only illuminates what we know - and what we don't yet know - about the contributions of gender research to development outcomes, but also, and especially, investigates the contribution of agricultural development to gender equality outcomes. The lessons emerging from this synthesis have important implications for work that supports countries to achieve their national development objectives, as well as for our collective approach to meeting global targets such as the Sustainable Development Goals"--