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Unlocking Myths of Crop Yield: 3. Effect of Cropping Systems on Yield - Couverture souple

Ssekabembe, Charles

 
9783844317824: Unlocking Myths of Crop Yield: 3. Effect of Cropping Systems on Yield
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3844317821 ISBN 13 : 9783844317824
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

Increasing crop yields is a need for all farmers, researchers and development agencies in agriculture. Intensification of crop production does it through efficient and sustainable cropping systems; the focus of this book. Topics covered include difference between farming and cropping systems; requirements of stable cropping systems; factors that make cropping systems sustainable; limits of monocultures and tenets of multiple cropping; design and examples of crop rotations; advantages and biological basis of yield benefits of intercrops; case studies on intercropping research; double cropping; sustainable agroforestry practices; ecological agriculture including use of cover crops, green manures, crop residues, integration of livestock and integrated nutrient management; ratoon and relay cropping, ley farming and zero grazing; conventional tillage and zero tillage or conservation tillage; elements of integrated pest management and IPM packages and informal seed supply systems. The book is targeted at students of agriculture and related land use systems, policy makers and all professionals involved in agricultural development.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Increasing crop yields is a need for all farmers, researchers and development agencies in agriculture. Intensification of crop production does it through efficient and sustainable cropping systems; the focus of this book. Topics covered include difference between farming and cropping systems; requirements of stable cropping systems; factors that make cropping systems sustainable; limits of monocultures and tenets of multiple cropping; design and examples of crop rotations; advantages and biological basis of yield benefits of intercrops; case studies on intercropping research; double cropping; sustainable agroforestry practices; ecological agriculture including use of cover crops, green manures, crop residues, integration of livestock and integrated nutrient management; ratoon and relay cropping, ley farming and zero grazing; conventional tillage and zero tillage or conservation tillage; elements of integrated pest management and IPM packages and informal seed supply systems. The book is targeted at students of agriculture and related land use systems, policy makers and all professionals involved in agricultural development.

Biographie de l'auteur

Charles K. Ssekabembe, PhD: Studied Agriculture at Makerere University and Agronomy at The Ohio State University, USA. Taught agronomy at the National University of Rwanda. Professor of Agronomy at Makerere University,Kampala.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3844317821
ISBN 13 
9783844317824
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
220
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