Articles | Volume 17, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-345-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-345-2020
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22 Jan 2020
Research article |  | 22 Jan 2020

Effect of legume intercropping on N2O emissions and CH4 uptake during maize production in the Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia

Shimelis Gizachew Raji and Peter Dörsch

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Replication Data for: Effect of legume intercropping on N2O emissions and CH4 uptake during maize production in the Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia Peter Dörsch https://doi.org/10.18710/I6BD3R

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Intercropping maize with forage legumes can benefit Ethiopian smallholder farmers by providing cheap nitrogen and valuable livestock feed. We measured N2O emissions and maize yields and found that high legume biomasses may enhance N2O emissions per unit of harvested maize but that, after mulching, legume N can partly replace expensive mineral N. Thus, legume intercropping can be a valid strategy in the framework of climate-smart agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa.
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