Multiple uses of tropical forage legumes for sustainable farming in the moist savannas of Africa

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cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.creator.identifierShirley Tarawali: 0000-0001-9398-8780en_US
cg.creator.identifierMichael Peters: 0000-0003-4237-3916en_US
cg.creator.identifierRainer Schultze-Kraft: 0000-0002-4563-0044en_US
cg.subject.ilriFEEDSen_US
cg.subject.ilriFARMING SYSTEMSen_US
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL FEEDINGen_US
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen_US
dc.contributor.authorMuhr, L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTarawali, Shirley A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorPeters, Michaelen_US
dc.contributor.authorMerkel, U.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSchultze-Kraft, Raineren_US
dc.contributor.authorBerner, D.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-31T06:21:46Zen_US
dc.date.available2014-10-31T06:21:46Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/50874en_US
dc.titleMultiple uses of tropical forage legumes for sustainable farming in the moist savannas of Africaen_US
dcterms.abstractEnsuring that farming in the moist savannas of Africa is maintained, despite increasing population pressure and agricultural demands, necessitates the sustainable integration of crop and livestock enterprises; a role that forage legumes can fulfill. The potential of eleven herbaceous and two shrubby species of forage legumes in an improved fallow or ley-farming system to provide dry season fodder and beneficial effects to a subsequent cereal crop were investigated. Fodder dry matter yields were highest for Stylosanthes guianensis (9.9 t/ha), Centrosema pubescens, and Aeschynomene histrix. Maize yield following S. guianensis was 138 percent higher than after natural fallow. Similar increases were obtained after Calopogonium caeruleum, Arachis pintoi and Aeschynomene histrix. Sixty accessions of A. histrix were tested for their ability to stimulate suicidal germination of Striga hermonthica and thirteen accessions were found to significantly increase germination of striga seeds; this could further enhance farmer's acceptability of this species in areas where this parasitic weed is a devastating problem.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen_US
dcterms.issued1997en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Grassland Societyen_US
dcterms.subjectfeed legumesen_US
dcterms.subjectmixed farmingen_US
dcterms.subjecttropicsen_US
dcterms.subjectsavannasen_US
dcterms.subjectsustainabilityen_US
dcterms.subjectmaizeen_US
dcterms.subjectstrigaen_US
dcterms.typeConference Paperen_US

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