THE introduction of a new Code of Practice for the manufacture of legume inoculants is expected to assist growers in avoiding costly crop losses due to poor inoculant quality.

Legumes are well-known for fixing nitrogen in the soil, but what most people don’t know is that they need a little help to create the best soil benefits. This helper is soil inoculant. Inoculants are ...

The cool weather of early spring is the perfect time to plant peas. They love the cool temperatures and have plenty of time to set fruit before the hot weather wilts them. As simple as this seems, ...

Field and cylinder experiments conducted in France and in Senegal showed that polyacrylamide, previously proposed as an entrapping gel for preparing Rhizobium inoculants, could be replaced by alginate ...

There are few things more satisfying than a lush green field of soybeans laden with pods. To enhance the crop—and maybe increase yield—farmers have used inoculants for many years. As a legume, ...

Frederick Baijukya acknowledges the contribution of Catherine Njuguna, who works for the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) as a Communications Officer. IITA is one of the main ...

Farmers growing leguminous crops, the hosts for the nitrogen-fixing rhizobia bacteria, can and should improve nitrogen by inoculating their legume crops with more of the bacteria. Grasslands Research ...

Adoption and use of modern and proven technologies in agriculture is one sure way through which Malawi can achieve food security and reach out to export markets. Principal Secretary for Agriculture, ...