N2Africa | Putting nitrogen fixation to work for smallholder farmers in Africa

In the shadow of Kilimanjaro; assessment of disease and pest in common bean & maize cropping systems in northern Tanzania

Nikolaj M. Vendelbo

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Presenting my nutrition research within N2Africa at the International Congress of Nutrition

In the previous Podcaster I shared some of my recent results of my PhD research with regard to our dietary gap assessment in Northern Ghana. I was offered the opportunity to also present these results at the International Congress of Nutrition which was held in Buenos Aires in Argentina from 15 to 20 October 2017.

Sustainable intensification of grain legumes production with smallholders in Africa through nitrogen fixation: highlights from the N2Africa project

Dr Endalkachew Wolde-Meskel represented N2Africa at the ICLGG (International Conference on Legumes Genetics and Genomics), 18 – 22 Sep. 2017, Siófok, Hungary

Endalkachew Wolde-meskel, country coordinator for Ethiopia, represented N2Africa and presented a keynote address under the topic “Sustainable intensification of grain legumes production with smallholders in Africa through nitrogen fixation: highlights from the N2Africa project” at the biennial meeting of ICLGG 2017 in Hungary last September.

Isolation, authentication and evaluation of symbiotic effectiveness of elite indigenous rhizobia nodulating Phaseolus vulgaris l. in Hai District, northern Tanzania

Phaseolus vulgaris L. production in Sub Saharan Africa is affected by nitrogen deficiency in the soils. Rhizobium inoculants are considered as the best solution to curb the problem of soil nitrogen deficiency. However, accessibility of rhizobia inoculants in most African countries is a challenge, hence leads to most inoculants being imported from abroad.

Reports uploaded on the N2Africa website

MSc. thesis Analysis of Preference for Adoption of Legume Technology Packages: the Case of Chickpea and Common bean Producing Smallholder Farmers in Boricha and Damot Gale Districts, Southern Region by Dagmawit Getachew from Ethiopia;
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N2Africa publications

Maize-grain legume intercropping for enhanced resource use efficiency and crop productivity in the Guinea savanna of northern Ghana. 2017. Kermah, M., Franke, A.C., Adjei-Nsiah, S., Ahiabor, B.D.K., Abaidoo, R.C., Giller, K.E.

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Response of soybean to rhizobial inoculation and nitrogen management options in the Southern Guinea savannah zone of Ghana

Field experiments were carried out in the Savelugu/Nanton and Yendi Municipalities in the northern region of Ghana in 2014 to investigate the effect of inoculation, rates and time of nitrogen fertilizer application on growth, yield, agronomic efficiency of mineral N and biological nitrogen fixation of soybean. The experiment was laid out in a split-split plot, arranged in a randomized complete block design with four replications at both locations.