Short-season grain legumes play an important role in smallholder farming systems as
source of food and to improve soil fertility through nitrogen fixation. However, it is not clearly …

Climate variability is the major risk to agricultural production in semi-arid agroecosystems
and the key challenge to sustain farm livelihoods for the 500 million people who inhabit …

Improved varieties of legumes adapted to nutrient deficiency have the potential to improve
food security for the poorest farmers. Tolerant varieties could be an inexpensive and …

Smallholder farmers across southern Africa have limited access to adequate quantities of
inorganic fertilizers, and this limits crop productivity. Integration of legumes such as …

Underutilised grain legumes are being promoted as part of crop diversification efforts.
However, the lack of comparable information to major legumes is limiting these efforts. The …

Annual soil improving legumes have a role in the management of soil fertility under the low-
input management conditions of resource poor farmers. Several species have been …

Agricultural intensification of farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa is a prerequisite to
alleviate rural poverty and improve livelihoods. Legumes have shown great potential to …

Annual legumes are widely grown by smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe. In addition to
providing food, these crops are widely recognised to help maintain soil fertility. In this review …

Low soil fertility is a major constraint to increased agricultural productivity amongst
smallholder farmers in Kenya. The use of inorganic fertilizer to alleviate the constraint is …

Crop yields in Uganda are severely limited by declining soil fertility. Nitrogen (N),
phosphorus (P) and soil organic matter (SOM) are the most limiting factors, yet legume …