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Weed growth and labor demand under hand-hoe based reduced tillage in smallholder farmers’ fields in Zimbabwe

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2013.10.005
10.1016/j.agee.2013.10.005
 
Title Weed growth and labor demand under hand-hoe based reduced tillage in smallholder farmers’ fields in Zimbabwe
 
Creator Nyamangara, J
Mashingaidze, N
Masvaya, E N
Nyengerai, K
Kunzekweguta, M
Tirivavi, R
Mazvimavi, K
 
Subject Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description Conservation agriculture based on hand hoe dug planting basins has been widely promoted for the last decade or two in the smallholder farming sector of southern Africa targeting resource constrained households without access to draft power. In Zimbabwe planting basins are used by about one hundred thousand households but on small plots (
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Date 2014-04
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
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Language en
 
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Nyamangara, J and Mashingaidze, N and Masvaya, E N and Nyengerai, K and Kunzekweguta, M and Tirivavi, R and Mazvimavi, K (2014) Weed growth and labor demand under hand-hoe based reduced tillage in smallholder farmers’ fields in Zimbabwe. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 187. pp. 1-9. ISSN 0167-8809