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Maize-cowpea intercropping as an ecological intensification option for low input systems in sub-humid Zimbabwe: Productivity, biological N2-fixation and grain mineral content

2021-04-01

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Poor soil fertility and erratic rainfall constrain crop production in rain-fed smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa. Integration of drought tolerant and N₂-fixing crops into maize-based cropping systems is a risk-averse strategy that also improves nitrogen cycling. A field experiment was carried out during the 2017/18 and 2018/19 cropping seasons in Goromonzi district in Zimbabwe. The trials were esta...

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Literature Corpus work: 823a2ff0-388b-58af-95f9-b77cf8f4fdbf
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2020.108052

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