Population increase and the need to achieve food security; especially in Nigeria, necessitated encroachment into forests and marginal lands for agricultural land uses in the Savanna ecologies. However, tropical soils are inherently fragile and prone to rapid degradation under int...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2019/46375
Carbon sequestration in soil aggregates and Carbon stock (SOC) under Maize-Legume Cropping system in a Northern Guinea Savanna Alfisol, Nigeria trial was conducted in 2014 and 2015 cropping seasons. The experiment was a randomized complete block design (RCBD), replicated three ti...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/32538
Soil conservation and quality improvement under intensive land use and fast economic development has become a major challenge for sustainable natural resource use in developing countries such as Nigeria. Conventional tillage is commonly practiced at land preparation and effect of...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/19628
Soil quality protection under intensive land use and fast economic development has become a major challenge for sustainable resource use in the developing countries such as Nigeria. Conventional tillage practice is commonly practiced at land preparation and effect of this on soil...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/9402