{"product_id":"green-manurecover-crop-systems-of-marjatta-eilitt-9789048165803","title":"Green Manure\/Cover Crop Systems of Smallholder Farmers: Experiences from Tropical and Subtropical Regions","description":"In the 1980s and 1990s, green manure\/cover crop (GMCC) systems became a popular agricultural technology in research and development efforts for smallholder tropical and subtropical farmers. However, few syntheses of these experiences have been conducted. This volume of case studies contributes to bridging this gap by reviewing field-level experiences with these systems. \u003cbr\u003eTwelve case studies are included. Eleven of them describe experiences from Latin America (4 cases), Africa (6 cases) and Asia (1 case) and the twelfth case reports on the development of a GMCC systems database. Two concluding chapters,  Learning from the Case Studies' and  Future Perspectives', build upon the cases. \u003cbr\u003eThe systems described are diverse. Some systems have been spontaneously adopted by farmers, while others have been introduced to the farmers through diffusion efforts. Some of the cases reviewed describe small, localized efforts while others report on large-scale, well-known ones, such as the combination of GMCCs and conservation tillage in Santa Catarina, Brazil, the maize-Mucuna system in northern Honduras, and the improved fallow systems in Eastern Zambia. Most experiences include both development and research aspects and to the extent possible the cases integrate these two. Discussion of the strengths and shortcomings of the systems and efforts is frank, and the goal is to learn from these experiences to benefit future efforts. \u003cbr\u003eIt is expected that both researchers and development practitioners and students of tropical farming systems and soil management will find this volume of case studies useful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marjatta Eilittä\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9048165806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789048165803\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 361\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d","brand":"Marjatta Eilittä","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44126084989183,"sku":"9789048165803","price":169.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9277a621-5dc8-4d88-a820-5235118867a6.jpg?v=1687446201","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/green-manurecover-crop-systems-of-marjatta-eilitt-9789048165803","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}