On-Farm Productivity of Relay-Cropped Mucuna and Lablab in Smallholder Crop-Livestock Systems in Northwestern Kenya

Nyambati, E. M.; Sollenberger, Lynn E.; Hiebsch, Clif K.; Rono, S. C.

doi:10.1300/j064v28n01_09

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“…Almost all of these African initiatives have included and continue to include one popular late-maturing forage cultivar, cv. Rongai (Makembe and Ndlovu 1996; Fischler and Wortmann 1999; Haque and Lupwayi 2000; Wortmann et al 2000; Shehu et al 2001; Mureithi et al 2003; Amodu et al 2004; Nworgu and Ajayi 2005; Nyambati et al 2006; Abeke et al 2007; Ojiem et al 2007; Abeke et al 2008; Mubiru and Coyne 2009) and, as a result, the potential role of the species as a pulse or vegetable in Africa is likely to be severely underestimated. Only recent work at ILRI in Ethiopia and CSIRO in Australia (Pengelly and Maass 2001) and, subsequently, in southern Africa (Whitbread and Pengelly 2004) explored a much larger range of accessions for feed and food and identified germplasm, which was well adapted to drier climates and crop use.…”

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Lablab purpureus—A Crop Lost for Africa?

Maass

Knox

Venkatesha

et al. 2010

Tropical Plant Biol.

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In recent years, so-called ‘lost crops’ have been appraised in a number of reviews, among them Lablab purpureus in the context of African vegetable species. This crop cannot truly be considered ‘lost’ because worldwide more than 150 common names are applied to it. Based on a comprehensive literature review, this paper aims to put forward four theses, (i) Lablab is one of the most diverse domesticated legume species and has multiple uses. Although its largest agro-morphological diversity occurs in South Asia, its origin appears to be Africa. (ii) Crop improvement in South Asia is based on limited genetic diversity. (iii) The restricted research and development performed in Africa focuses either on improving forage or soil properties mostly through one popular cultivar, Rongai, while the available diversity of lablab in Africa might be under threat of genetic erosion. (iv) Lablab is better adapted to drought than common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) or cowpea (Vigna unguiculata), both of which have been preferred to lablab in African agricultural production systems. Lablab might offer comparable opportunities for African agriculture in the view of global change. Its wide potential for adaptation throughout eastern and southern Africa is shown with a GIS (geographic information systems) approach.

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Lablab purpureus—A Crop Lost for Africa?

Maass

Knox

Venkatesha

et al. 2010

Tropical Plant Biol.

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“…Moreover, it has been shown that both under tilling and no-till cultivation conditions, the use of cover crops captures the excess mineral N remaining in the soil during winter and early spring periods, thus limiting the amount of mineral N that can leach into ground water [ 40 – 42 ]. Furthermore, several studies have demonstrated that due to their ability to fix atmospheric N, legume cover crops have a beneficial impact on crop production [ 43 – 46 ] by increasing soil fertility, notably by increasing the N content [ 47 ].…”

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Conversion to No-Till Improves Maize Nitrogen Use Efficiency in a Continuous Cover Cropping System

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A two-year experiment was conducted in the field to measure the combined impact of tilling and N fertilization on various agronomic traits related to nitrogen (N) use efficiency and to grain yield in maize cultivated in the presence of a cover crop. Four years after conversion to no-till, a significant increase in N use efficiency N harvest index, N remobilization and N remobilization efficiency was observed both under no and high N fertilization conditions. Moreover, we observed that grain yield and grain N content were higher under no-till conditions only when N fertilizers were applied. Thus, agronomic practices based on continuous no-till appear to be a promising for increasing N use efficiency in maize.

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“…Reduction of the need for commercial feed/supplements/concentrates through higher feed efficiency and quality: Snijders et al, 2011;Lukuyu et al, 2013; B. Reduction of the need for off-farm manure or chemical fertilizers: Nyambati et al, 2006;Douxchamps et al, 2010Douxchamps et al, , 2014 Baptistella et al, 2020;Olaya-Montes et al, 2020;Vazquez et…”

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Realizing Livelihood and Environmental Benefits of Forages in Tropical Crop-Tree-Livestock Systems

Peters¹,

Chirinda²,

Burkart³

et al. 2022

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On-Farm Productivity of Relay-Cropped Mucuna and Lablab in Smallholder Crop-Livestock Systems in Northwestern Kenya

Cited by 10 publications

References 16 publications

Lablab purpureus—A Crop Lost for Africa?

Lablab purpureus—A Crop Lost for Africa?

Conversion to No-Till Improves Maize Nitrogen Use Efficiency in a Continuous Cover Cropping System

Realizing Livelihood and Environmental Benefits of Forages in Tropical Crop-Tree-Livestock Systems

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