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Resources Tagged: Mucuna

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  1. TN #10 Green Manure Crops

    1985-01-01 Green manure crops are crops that are [often times in North America] grown to be turned under to increase soil fertility. Leguminous green manure crops ( i.e., those which can make nitrogen fertilizers from atmospheric nitrogen) can offer small-scale Third World farmers a tremendous number of...
    Green Manures and ... Green Manure Cover... Green Manures Cover Crops Mucuna Jackbean Soil Fertility Conservation Agric... Mulch

  2. Cover crops in hillside agriculture: Farmer innovation with mucuna

    1998-02-01 218 pages, tables
    Cover Crops Mucuna

  3. Dietary Uses of Mucuna Beans: An Appraisal and Implications for Agricultural Development in West Africa

    No page numbers, tables
    Legumes Mucuna

  4. Increasing Mucuna's Potential

    2003-01-01 This notebook is a special issue of Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2003 on Increasing Mucuna's Potential as a Food and Feed Crop. Mucuna Velvet Bean / Notebook.
    Velvet Bean Legumes as Food Ruminants Feed Mucuna

  5. Food and Feed from Mucuna: Current Uses and the Way Forward Proceedings of an International Workshop

    2002-01-01 Proceedings from theApril 26-29, 2000 workshop inTegucigalpa, Hondurasbegin with a general overview of Mucuna and its food and feed uses. After that, the papers themselves appear according to the six workshop sessions: A View from the Field, Anti-Nutritional Factors in Mucuna, Mucuna as a Food,...
    Mucuna Cowhage Green Manure Crops Legumes

  6. Roland Bunch, Five Years in Africa

    2016-04-08 A report from Roland Bunch regarding his efforts to promote green manures and cover crops in Africa.
    Green Manures and ... Legume Intercropping Lablab Mucuna Tephrosia Gliricidia Pigeon Pea

  7. Maize – Legume Intercrop Based on IITA 2-4-2 Design

    2015-11-18 Dr. Motis and Betsy Langford were introduced to the 2-4-2 system by Dr. B.B. Singh at the Ukulima Farm research station in South Africa in Feb. of 2015. They subsequently planned and conducted this experiment with other legumes at the main ECHO campus in North Fort Myers, Florida.
    Intercropping Maize Jackbean Mucuna Cowpea Legume

  8. Some Interesting Questions About Velvet Beans

    1997-04-19 Information about seed set and nutrition of velvet beans.
    Health Mucuna Nutrition Velvet Bean

  9. Mucuna Trichomes as a Dewormer for Goats

    2006-07-20 Trichomes from Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. pruriens (also known as kewach or cow-itch) are effective in removing parasitic worms in pregnant does.
    Livestock Parasites Mucuna Velvet Bean

  10. BPN #7 - Selecting Legumes as Green Manure/Cover Crops

    Key Resource
    2017-05-26 By integrating legumes into cropping systems, small-scale farmers in low-resource settings can invest in the long-term health and resilience of their soils. Success or failure depends largely on choosing the right legume(s). With that in mind, this document presents insights on legume selection...
    Green Manures Green Manure Cover... Green Manures and ... Cover Crops Legume Legumes Tropical legumes Lablab Mucuna Intercropping