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Castor: more than oil

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Title Castor: more than oil
 
Creator Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
 
Description Observing the results of leaving castor plants to grow on fallow land an increase in soil moisture and organic matter content, and good weed control Julius Mwangwale, an innovative farmer in Tanzania, has experimented successfully with intercropping castor with maize. His best maize yields, though, have come from leaving the castor plants to run on their own for two years, then clearing the land and cultivating maize. Along with extension officer M V Komba, he is now sharing this technique with other farmers through look-and-learn visits in the region.



M V Komba, ADP Isangati TF

Box 1687, Mbeya, Tanzania

(Groundup, Pelum June 2001)
Observing the results of leaving castor plants to grow on fallow land an increase in soil moisture and organic matter content, and good weed control Julius Mwangwale, an innovative farmer in Tanzania, has experimented successfully with...
 
Date 2014-10-16T09:06:02Z
2014-10-16T09:06:02Z
2001
 
Type News Item
 
Identifier CTA. 2001. Castor: more than oil. Spore 95. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
1011-0054
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/46302
 
Language en
 
Relation Spore;95
 
Publisher CTA
 
Source Spore