Objective
The impact of short-term improved fallows (IF) by legumes (trees, shrubs, grasses) on maize and beans yields and soil properties will be assessed to counteract declining staple food production in nutrient depleted soils in Eastern and Southern Africa. In a novel approach these agro forestry practices will be associated with no- or minimum tillage (NT) to enhance the beneficial effects. The project will increase understanding of the underlying biological (N2 fixation, mycorrhiza, soil fauna) and physical (aggregation, infiltration, erosion) soil processes in IF/NT systems and evaluate how the positive effects can be maximised. Wider environmental benefits (C sequestration, erosion reduction) of adoption off/NT will be assessed using modeling approaches. The socio-economic environment required for the widespread adoption of IF/NT will be evaluated. The project will be carried out in Kenya, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturegrains and oilseedslegumes
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestry
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97492 SAINTE-CLOTILDE
France