Legume cover crops for soil fertility improvement in the highlands of eastern Africa region. Report of an AHI workshop

dc.contributor.author	Gachene, C K K
dc.contributor.author	Palm, C A
dc.contributor.author	Mureithi, J G
dc.date.accessioned	2013-05-30T11:45:53Z
dc.date.available	2013-05-30T11:45:53Z
dc.date.issued	2000
dc.identifier.citation	Gachene, C. K, Palm, C.A. and Mureithi, J. G.(2000). Legume cover crops for soil fertility improvement in the highlands of eastern Africa region. Report of an AHI workshop. Legume Cover Crops Research in the Eastern African Region, Nairobi (Kenya), 18-19 Feb 1999 24 p.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search/display.do?f=2000%2FQI%2FQI00001.xml%3BQI2001000011
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11295/27633
dc.description	Conference paper	en
dc.description.abstract	This report reviews work on legume cover crops in eastern Africa and provides a summary of recommendations of the appropriate germplasm, management and posible niches for these plants in farming systems. It briefly identifies various reseasons for the lack of adoption of LCC in farming sysytems. The focus is primarily on herbaceous legume cover plants that attain maximum biomass in less than 12 months.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Soil fertility	en
dc.subject	Cover plants	en
dc.subject	Legumes	en
dc.subject	Land use	en
dc.subject	Soil organic matter	en
dc.subject	East Africa	en
dc.title	Legume cover crops for soil fertility improvement in the highlands of eastern Africa region. Report of an AHI workshop	en
dc.type	Presentation	en
local.publisher	Department of soil science, University of Nairobi	en