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S’appuyer sur les multiples benefices des legumineuses a graines pour une agriculture plus productive et nutritive dans les tropiques semi-arides (Relying on the numerous advantages of grain legumes for more productive and nutritive agriculture in the semi-arid tropics)

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Title S’appuyer sur les multiples benefices des legumineuses a graines pour une agriculture plus productive et nutritive dans les tropiques semi-arides (Relying on the numerous advantages of grain legumes for more productive and nutritive agriculture in the semi-arid tropics)
 
Creator Bossuet, J
Vadez, V
 
Subject Food legumes
 
Description Nitrogen and phosphorus are two of the main nutrients for agriculture but their
growing scarcity makes them increasingly less available and affordable for farmers in
the semi-arid tropics. Legumes have the comparative advantage over other plant
species of being able to independently fix nitrogen, but also to absorb natural
phosphorus that is in non-soluble form in the soil. In addition to soil fertility, grain
legumes bring other important benefits for farmers in different farming systems. It is a
quality fodder source for livestock. Rich in protein, energy and sometimes in lipids,
grain legumes are nutritious food for humans. They are ideal as rotation crops with
cereals and have also become a cash crop in some regions. Legumes should play an
important role in future crop systems in semi-arid tropics. This article discuss the
importance legumes, in particular grain legumes, could have as fertilizing and
nutritious crops for farmers in semi-arid tropics if the current constraints for large-scale
cultivation can be addressed.
 
Publisher John Libbey Eurotext
 
Date 2013
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/9559/1/jle%20article%20secheresse%20imprime%20legumineuses.pdf
Bossuet, J and Vadez, V (2013) S’appuyer sur les multiples benefices des legumineuses a graines pour une agriculture plus productive et nutritive dans les tropiques semi-arides (Relying on the numerous advantages of grain legumes for more productive and nutritive agriculture in the semi-arid tropics). Secheresse, 24 (04). pp. 314-321. ISSN 1147-7806