Challenges and Opportunities for Agricultural Intensification of the Humid Highland Systems of Sub-Saharan Africa / / edited by Bernard Vanlauwe, Piet van Asten, Guy Blomme |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (399 p.) |
Disciplina |
551.6
570 577 630 |
Soggetto topico |
Agriculture
Climatic changes Biotic communities Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts Ecosystems |
ISBN | 3-319-07662-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Theme 1 – System characterization -- Bridging the soil map of Rwanda with the ‘farmer’s mental soil map’ for an effective Integrated and Participatory Watershed Management research model -- Intensification of crop–livestock farming systems in East Africa: A comparison of selected sites in the highlands of Ethiopia and Kenya -- Rapid assessment of potato productivity in Kigezi and Elgon Highlands in Uganda -- Farmers’ knowledge and perception of climbing beans-based cropping systems in Rwanda -- Securing crop phosphorus availability in the humid tropics: Alternative sources and improved management options - A review -- Theme 2 – System components -- A decade of agricultural research in Rwanda: Achievements and the way forward -- Do commercial biological and chemical products increase crop yields and economic returns under smallholder farmer conditions? -- Enhanced utilization of biotechnology research and development innovations in eastern and central Africa for agro-ecological intensification -- Investing in Land and Water Management Practices in the Ethiopian Highlands: Short- or Long-Term Benefits? -- Yield responses of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) varieties to phosphorus fertilizer application across a soil fertility gradient in western Kenyan highlands -- Innovations to overcome staking challenges to climbing beans production by smallholders in Rwanda -- Crop–livestock interaction for improved productivity: Effect of selected varieties of field pea (Pisum sativum L.) on grain and straw parameters -- From standards to practices: The intensive and improved rice (SRI and SRA) systems in the Madagascar Highlands -- Identification of elite, high yielding and stable maize cultivars for Rwandan mid-altitude environments -- Determination of appropriate rate and mode of lime application on acid soils of western Kenya: targeting small scale farmers -- Assessment of fertilizer efficiency in Walungu weathered soil on maize yield -- Improvement of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) production with fertilizer and organic inputs in Rwanda -- Evaluation of sweetpotato varieties for the potential of dual-purpose in different agroecological zones of Kenya -- Theme 3 – Drivers and determinants for adoption -- Livelihoods heterogeneity and water management in Malawi: policy implications for irrigation development -- Access to subsidized certified improved rice seed and poverty reduction: evidence from rice farming households in Nigeria -- Factors influencing the adoption of improved rice varieties in Rwanda: An application of the Conditional Logit Model (CLM) -- Assessing the influence of farmers’ field schools and market links on investments in soil fertility management under potato production in Uganda -- Bean utilization and commercialization in Great Lakes region of Central Africa: The case of smallholder farmers in Burundi -- Enhancing farmers’ access to quality planting materials through community-based seed and seedling systems: Experiences from the Western Highlands of Cameroon -- Returns to production of common bean, soybean, and groundnut in Rwanda -- Theme 4- Knowledge-intensive approaches -- Beyond the pilot sites: Can knowledge-intensive technologies diffuse spontaneously? -- Agricultural innovations that increase productivity and generates incomes: Lessons on identification and testing processes in Rwandan agricultural Innovation Platforms -- ISFM adaptation trials: farmer-to farmer facilitation, farmer-led data collection, technology learning and uptake. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910767505203321 |
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Lutte antiérosive : Réhabilitation des sols tropicaux et protection contre les pluies exceptionnelles |
Autore | Abdou Moussa Malam |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Marseille, : IRD Éditions, 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (758 p.) |
Altri autori (Persone) |
AchardRaphaël
AlbrechtAlain AmiaFlorence AndriamampianinaNicolas AndriambelomangaEdmond AndriamihaminaMparany AnselmeWakponou ArabiMourad AristazabalA. F AssakoRené Assako BachirAbba BáezAurelio BanidolJean-José BarriosJose Luis Gonzalez BarthèsBernard BayardR BellandeAlex BenmansourMalika BisiauxFranck BitomDieudonné BlanchartÉric BoNguyen Van BoughalemM BoughalemMostafia BrayXavier BricquetJean-Pierre BrochetMichel CheggourAouatif ClémentFloriane ClossySaintil DelerueFlorian DescroixLuc De NoniGeorges DialloDrissa DiattaMalaïny DorelMarc DouzetJean-Marie DuchaufourH DuchaufourHervé DugueP DumayFrédéric EmmanuelE EtcheversJorge FayeElhadji GbaranehL. D GraaffJan de GresserJulie GrouzisMichel HaPham Quang HabiMohammed HermelinM HidalgoClaudia HienE HubertAntoine IkpeF. N J-C. (✝)Fernandes Jean DenisS JosephDeckers Jos MulambaJean-Pierre JouquetPascal KaboreW.T KaciO KhamsoukBounmanh Benoît KönigDieter KüblerDaniel LacourJ LaraqueAlain La FoyeFrançois-Xavier De LeumbeOlivier Leumbe Le BretonEric LilinCharles LindsayJoseph M.Trandji MainguetMonique MamadouIbrahim MartinClaude MasseD MaxReyal MazourM MazourMohamed Mengome-AngoArmand-Yvon MikokoroC MorsliB MorsliBoutkhil MoussaIbrahim Bouzou MoussadekRachid MrabetRachid MulieleJean-Claude NdayizigiyeFrançois Nguyen VanThiet NivetAnne-Claire NoniGeorges De OddiAnaïs OmokoMichel OrangeDidier PeltierRégis PerezPascal Pham QuangHa PhuongNguyen Duy PomelSimon PratChristian PressoirGaël RabeharisoaLilia RakotonirinaLovatiana Albert RandriamboavonjyJean-Chrysostôme RangonLuc RatsivalakaSimone RatsivalakaSimone Randriamanga RazafindrakotoMarie Antoinette Razafindramanana NorosoaChristine RishirumuhirwaThéodomir RocleNicolas RoelMerckx RooseÉric SabirMohamed SalhiB SchneiderFrank Seh NgounEmmanuel SeignobosChristian SeladjiA SerpantiéGeorges Shuku OnembaNicolas SimonSerge SimonneauxVincent SmuckerGlenn R TchotsouaMichel ThébéBernard ToanTran Duc TrujilloGerman ValetS ValetSerge VandeplasIsabelle VanlauweBernard VermandeP WalkerMarcia WiesingerThea-Katharina YameogoSiaka YéroKadidiatou Souley ZaaganeM Zekri-BellahceneN De NoniGeorges |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental studies, Geography & Development
sol érosion région tropicale biomasse pluies cycloniques |
Soggetto non controllato |
biomasse
sol pluies cycloniques région tropicale érosion |
ISBN | 2-7099-2275-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
Altri titoli varianti | Lutte antiérosive |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910284456603321 |
Abdou Moussa Malam | ||
Marseille, : IRD Éditions, 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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