Essays about: "soil fertility management"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 39 essays containing the words soil fertility management.

  1. 16. Tree cover and tree traits affects soil carbon and soil compaction in parklands in central Burkina Faso

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Gustaf Dal; [2016]
    Keywords : Burkina Faso; soil; soil organic carbon; dry bulk density; parklands; trees; agroforestry; vegetation density; tree density;

    Abstract : Burkina Faso is a country with an insufficient agricultural production and this is partly due to the fact that the population is growing and also because of environmental factors such as drought, erosion and poor soils. The most common agricultural system in this part of the world is the parkland which can be defined as farmlands with scattered well-grown trees. READ MORE

  3. 17. Measuring carbon sequestration and soil fertility in Swedish forest gardens : a methodological study

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

    Author : Elsa Lagerquist; [2016]
    Keywords : biomass production; allometric equations; soil science; carbon cycling; agroforestry;

    Abstract : Agroforestry is an old agricultural practice which has got renewed interest during the last decades as an alternative to industrialized agriculture. Agroforestry is a practice with potential to promote several ecosystem services, e.g. carbon seques-tration and soil improvement. READ MORE

  4. 18. Improving small-scale agriculture and countering deforestation: the case of biochar and biochar producing stoves in Embu County, Kenya

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Anders Magnusson; [2015]
    Keywords : new agricultural innovations; Integrated Soil Fertility Management ISFM ; biochar producing stoves; Biochar; soil amendment; Kenya; deforestation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This research examines the introduction and diffusion of biochar as a soil amendment and biochar producing stoves in Embu County, Kenya, together with its related socio-economic potentials and challenges. The area has seen rapid rates of deforestation together with declining soil fertility during the last couple of decades. READ MORE

  5. 19. The Influence of Agroforestry on Soil Fertility in Coffee Cultivations : A Review and a Field Study on Smallholding Coffee Farms in Colombia

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för naturvetenskap och teknik

    Author : Ida Ekqvist; [2015]
    Keywords : Agroforestry; coffee farming; shade coffee; soil fertility; respiration rate;

    Abstract : Coffee is, together with cacao, the crop most commonly cultivated under shade trees in order to cope with physiological stress (as drought and sun radiation) and erosion as well as to generate additional income for the farmer. However, today this agroforestry coffee management is increasingly transformed into industrial plantation with little or no shade using varieties that tolerates full sun and can be planted with higher density. READ MORE

  6. 20. Evaluation of local knowledge applied by farmers towards management of crop pests and diseases in the Masaka region, Uganda

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Johanna Unger; [2014]
    Keywords : pest and disease management; participatory; extension; farmer groups; local knowledge; Uganda;

    Abstract : Agriculture is the most important economic sector of Uganda and it employs roughly 80 % of the work force. Ninety per cent of the country’s farmers are smallholders. The Masaka district is the country’s agricultural hub for coffee (Coffea spp. L. READ MORE