The importance of grain legumes in cropping systems in Africa

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centre
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.countryMalawi
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZ
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MW
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.howPublishedFormally Published
cg.placeIbadan, Nigeria
cg.reviewStatusPeer Review
cg.subject.iitaAGRONOMY
cg.subject.iitaFOOD SECURITY
cg.subject.iitaGRAIN LEGUMES
cg.subject.iitaSOIL FERTILITY
cg.subject.iitaSOYBEAN
cg.subject.iitaSOIL HEALTH
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hunger
dc.contributor.authorNangju, D.
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-23T09:26:44Z
dc.date.available2025-05-23T09:26:44Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/174823
dc.titleThe importance of grain legumes in cropping systems in Africa
dcterms.abstractGrain legumes play an important role in cropping systems in Africa by virtue of their short duration, drought tolerance, ability to fix nitrogen from atmospheric air, and ability to grow in depleted soils and in association with cereals and root crops. In addition, grain legumes are important sources of vegetable proteins, vitamin B and calcium particularly for vegetarian diets during the hungry season. Different species of grain legumeg are grown in various forms of cropping systems. Their performance under mixed cropp ins system and their contribution to soil fertility are reviewed. It is concluded that under the present management practices in Africa, grain legumes probably contribute very little toward maintaining or enhancing soil fertility, and that higher yields obtained under mixed cropping may be attributed mainly to greater utilization of environmental resources, and lower incidence of diseases and insects. Research is urgently required to improve the contribution of grain legumes to nitrogen requirements of companion crops or the following crops in view of the high cost of nitrogen fertilizers.
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientists
dcterms.bibliographicCitationNangju, D. (1975). The importance of grain legumes in cropping systems in Africa. In Proceedings of the Symposium on Cropping Systems in Africa 1975, Morogoro, Tanzania: IITA, (p. 63-71).
dcterms.extent63-71
dcterms.issued1975
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseOther
dcterms.subjectgrain legumes
dcterms.subjectcropping systems
dcterms.subjectafrica
dcterms.subjectmixed cropping
dcterms.subjectsoil
dcterms.typeConference Proceedings

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