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Transferring an Indigenous Practice for Soil Improvement : Cattle Manure with Groundnut Shells

Soil fertility never used to be a major constraint due to the age-old practices of recycling agricultural residues in several ways. However, in these days of inorganic fertilizers and quick returns, the problem of soil management and its related co...

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Main Author: World Bank
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL RESIDUES
AGRONOMY
ANIMAL
ANIMALS
BULLOCKS
CATTLE
CATTLE FEED
CATTLE MANURE
CATTLE SHEDS
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
COWS
CROP
CROP RESIDUES
CROPPING
CROPPING SYSTEMS
CROPS
CULTIVATION
DRY LANDS
DRYLAND AGRICULTURE
DUNG
EXTERNAL INPUTS
FARM
FARMER
FARMERS
FARMING
FARMYARD MANURE
FERTILIZERS
GROUNDNUT
HARVESTING
HOUSING
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
LOW RAINFALL
MAIZE
MANURES
MARGINAL FARMERS
MOISTURE
MOISTURE CONTENT
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
NGOS
NITROGEN
NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS
NUTRIENTS
ORGANIC MANURES
ORGANIC MATTER
RECYCLING
SCIENTISTS
SEED
SHEEP
SHELLS
SOIL FERTILITY
SOIL MOISTURE
SOILS
SORGHUM
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
WATER CONSERVATION
WATER HOLDING CAPACITY
YIELDS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/11/7476122/transferring-indigenous-practice-soil-improvement-cattle-manure-groundnut-shells
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10721

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/11/7476122/transferring-indigenous-practice-soil-improvement-cattle-manure-groundnut-shells
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10721

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