Understanding variability in the benefits of N₂-fixation in soybean-maize rotations on smallholder farmers' fields in Malawi

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• smallholder 96%
• soybean 84%
• fixation 76%
• maize 69%
• yield response 33%
• nitrogen 18%
• inoculation 17%
• crop 16%
• nutrient 15%
• atmosphere 13%
• household 12%
• biological nitrogen fixation 12%
• sowing date 12%
• good management 11%
• rhizobacterium 10%
• plant population 10%
• management technique 9%
• biomass 9%
• nitrogen fixation 9%
• fertilizer application 9%
• soil management 9%
• farming system 8%
• aboveground biomass 8%
• integrated approach 7%
• management practice 7%
• fertilizer 6%
• soil 6%
• farm 6%
• incorporation 6%
• trial 6%
• economy 6%
• sand 4%
• method 1%

Agriculture & Biology

• Malawi 100%
• soybeans 57%
• farmers 55%
• corn 48%
• nitrogen 18%
• crop management 17%
• nitrogen fixation 16%
• households 14%
• nutrients 14%
• biomass production 13%
• small-scale farming 10%
• NPK fertilizers 9%
• assets 9%
• soil management 9%
• sowing date 8%
• filling period 8%
• aboveground biomass 7%
• soil 7%
• Rhizobium 7%
• fertilizer application 7%
• sand 6%
• farming systems 6%
• legumes 6%
• grain yield 6%
• fertilizers 5%
• farms 5%
• cultivars 4%
• methodology 4%
• crops 4%