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Effect of "karite" on soil fertility and productivity of an intercropping system involving cereals and legumes: sorghum and Stylosanthes hamata. Thesis for Diplome d'Ingenieur of Rural Polytechnique Institute for Education and Applied Research, Katibougo

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The document reports on a study carried out to determine the effect of Vitellaria paradoxa on the productivity of soil under the cultivation of cereals (Sorghum) and legumes (Stylosanthes hamata), in Mali. It is presented in several sections: introduction; general description of the study area; literature review; characteristics of stylosanthes hamata; the role of symbiotically fixed nitrogen vis-a-vis soil nitrogen; characteristics of the agroforestry term; description of the trials; discussion of results and conclusions and recommendations.
    Publication year

    2000

    Authors

    Berthe Y D

    Language

    English

    Keywords

    agrovoc, agroforestry, cereals, legumes, multipurpose trees, soil fertility, sorghum bicolor, stylosanthes hamata, vitellaria paradoxa

    Geographic

    Mali

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