Green leafy vegetables, such as Vigna unguiculata, Brassica oleraceae, and Solanum scabrum, are important sources of vitamins A, B1, and C. Although vitamin deficiencies considerably affect human health, not much is known about the effects of changing soil and climate conditions on vegetable vitamin concentrations. The effects of high or low soil f...
En novembre 2018, l'ITAB (Institut de l’agriculture et de l’alimentation biologiques) et l’INRA (Institut national de la recherche agronomique) ont organisé un séminaire transdisciplinaire pour : i) partager les enjeux associés à la gestion des sols dans les systèmes en Agriculture Biologique (AB), ii) définir collectivement les principales questio...
Introduction. Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is one of the perennial monocultures that has spread to almost a little more than nineteen million hectares in the world. Its expansion has generated social, economic, and political debate in various tropical countries. One of the problems that has been discussed is the impact on the physicochemical, biolo...
This chapter shows how Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) can be combined and integrated further at farm and landscape levels to improve farming system performance. ISFM is an example of a system-wide technology. It is a set of soil fertility management practices, including use of industrial fertilizer, organic inputs, and improved crop va...
Different project reports and official statistics have estimated that several dozens of thousands of cassava growers in Southeast Asia have adopted the promoted Soil Fertility and Erosion control (SFEC) practices which may have led to a substantial increase in cassava productivity and the generation of various other impacts. This proposed study aim...
Increasing barley production in the face of declining soil fertility on smallholder farms is a critical challenge in Ethiopia. The objectives of this study were to (1) determine the optimum rates of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), and sulfur (S) fertilizers under a balanced fertilization of other macro- and micronutrients (zinc and bor...
Soil laboratories are responsible of offering a service to the public for the analysis of soils, with a strict quality control that allows the reliability of their results. The correct interpretation of its parameters allows to make accurate recommendations for the benefit of the producer with sustainability criteria. The objective of this article ...
In Son La province, Mai Son district, low soil fertility is one of the main constraints for agricultural production. We quantified nutrient balances and recycling using nitrogen (N) as modelling currency in smallholder crop-livestock farms. Six farmers with different levels of access to roads and markets were interviewed on their assets, agricultur...
