LEGUME INOCULANT PRODUCTION AND USE IN EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA

Rhizobium inoculation is a cheaper and usually more effective agronomi c practice for ensuring an adequate supply of N for legume-based crop and pasture production than the application of fertilizer N. This is p articularly important in developing countries in Africa which, due to financial and technological limitations, must otherwise spend scarce f oreign currency on foreign imports. We give an account of legume inocu lant production, quality control and use in East and Southern Africa, with particular emphasis on Zimbabwe and Kenya.