On-line Extension Material:
Cover Crops/Green Manure/Fallows
for smallscale farming in the tropics

--a TropSCORE print-to-web initative--
CIEPCA, CIDICCO and CIIFAD/MOIST

  • CIAT-Uganda's Extension Brochures
  • ILRI Evaluation Manuals
  • Soil Fertility Network Extension brochures
  • CIDICCO's Extension and Field Material
  • DFID Extension Material (Fallows)
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  • Kenya's LRNP Brochure (Legumes)
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  • ICIPE Extension Brochure (Desmodium)
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  • Soil Health Guide (Spanish only)
  • WARDA Research Brief (Rice fallow spp.)
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    Soil Fertility Network Extension brochures
    In 2003, CIEPCA will be facilitating Internet access to selected extension publications designed by the Soil Fertility Network for Maize-based Cropping Systems in Countries of Southern Africa (SoilFertNet)
  • Pigeon Pea- Intercropping with Maize in Malawi
    (pdf version) for downloading
    -to construct a hardcopy brochure: download both pages, paste back to back, and fold in three (on A4 paper)

    ILRI's Evaluation Manuals
  • Methods for the Evaluation of Legumes, Grasses and Fodder Trees for Use as Livestock Feed
    -a manual by Tarawali, G.A., S. Tarawali, S. Larbi and J. Hanson produced by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). (to order paper copies, contact ilri-information@cgiar.org)

    CIDICCO's Extension and Field Material
    The International Cover Crops Clearinghouse (CIDICCO), an NGO located in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, produces various practical information on cover crops and green manures.
    Practical Bulletins:
  • English versions
  • Version en español
    		• Technical Reports:
  • English versions
  • Version en español

    • Collaborative Soil Health Guide (Spanish language only)
  • Guia de Salud del Suelo es una guía con información disponible sobre el cuidado del suelo en forma teórica y práctica. (Spanish-language soil health handbook with applied information about soil health for ‘promotors’ and literate farmers. The handbook was a collaborative effort of Zamorano, CIIFAD, USAID, CIDICCO and a number of local Honduran NGOs).

    DFID Extension Material
  • Mixed Species Improved Fallows for Western Kenya
    -Recommendatons derived from a DFID-funded project (Natural Resources Systems Programme, Project R7056)/EU
    -By James Kamiri Ndufa and Stanley Gathumbi, KEFRI, Meseno, Kenya;
      and Georg Cadisch and Ken Giller, Wye College, University of London
    -Additional contributions from Bashir Jama, Simone, Johan Desaeger, and Jurus DeWolf, ICRAF
    -Submitted to the Web site by Georg Cadisch via RobertCarsky, CIEPCA

    LRNP Brochure
  • Legume Research Network Project Profile

    • -This pdf document, which describes the Kenya-based Legume Research Network Project's objectives, achievements and activities, also provides information on the seven "best-bet" green manure legume species (out of 40 evaluated) for various agroecological zones in Kenya.
    -For more information contact the LRNP coordinator. The LRNP was started in 1994 to evaluate and identify suitable GML species for soil fertility improvement in mixed farming areas of Kenya. LRNP Newsletters are also available.

    ICIPE Brochure
  • Grow Desmodium and Stop Striga (pdf format)
  • Kuza Desmodium na Uzuie Kwekwe la Striga (pdf format)

    • -To construct a hardcopy of this brochure: download both pages, paste back to back, and fold in three (on A4 paper)
    -This extension brochure was developed by the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), IACR-Rothamsted, the Kenya Agriculture Research Institute (KARI), and the Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture with support from the Gatsby Charitable Trust.
    -Submitted to the Web site by Zia Khan, ICIPE.
    WARDA Research Brief
  • Cover Legumes Increase Productivity of Upland Rice under Intensified Land Use (pdf format)
    -This two page publication (rice research brief no. 2), developed by the West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA), covers the use of weed-suppressing cover legumes as short-duration fallows in upland rice in Africa.
    -Link submitted to the website by Robert Carsky, WARDA.
    •  CIEPCA  CIDICCO
    TropSCORE
    		  MOIST
    To link or upload extension material to this site, contact: MOIST/CIIFAD
    To comment or for more info: CIDICCO (Latin America) CIEPCA (Africa)
     http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/mba_project/CIEPCA/exmats/exmat.html
    last updated: August 10, 2004