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Conservation Agriculture Mother Trials in Chipata, Lundazi, and Sinda, Zambia

Harvard Dataverse (Africa Rice Center, Bioversity International, CCAFS, CIAT, IFPRI, IRRI and WorldFish)

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Title Conservation Agriculture Mother Trials in Chipata, Lundazi, and Sinda, Zambia
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/K3QI2Z
 
Creator International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT))
Zambian Agriculture Research Institute (ZARI)
Total LandCare (TLC)
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description

This study contains data originated from on-farm trials that were conducted to test and demonstrate the crop yield and economic benefits derived from manual and animal traction conservation agriculture (CA) systems on smallholder farms where the ridge and furrow tillage system is the traditional practice. The farm trials were conducted at six farms in Chipata, Lundazi, and Sinda districts of the eastern province of Zambia. In each site, the trials were replicated four times and had two general treatment sets:1) manual CA; and 2) animal traction CA.



The manual CA system trial consisted of three treatments and these treatments were compared with conventional ridge and furrow practice at each farmer's field. The four treatments including control were:


  • Conventional ridge and furrow with continuous sole maize (CRF);

  • No-tillage / Dibblestick CA system with continuous sole maize;

  • Dibblestick CA system with maize intercropped with cowpea;

  • Dibblestick CA with maize rotated with legumes


    • The animal traction CA system consisted of two treatments that were compared with a conventional ridge and furrow practice at each farmer's field. The three treatments including control were:


  • Conventional ridge and furrow with continuous sole maize (CRF);

  • Animal traction (AT) ripline seeding with continuous sole maize;

  • Animal traction (AT) ripline seeding with maize rotated with legumes

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    Subject Agricultural Sciences
    Social Sciences
    conservation agriculture
    climate-smart agriculture
    maize
    zero tillage
    intercropping
    crop rotation
    animal traction
    ZAMBIA
    SOUTHERN AFRICA
    AFRICA
     
    Language English
     
    Date 2018
     
    Contributor IFPRI-KM
    Thierfelder, Christian (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT))
    Mwila, Mulundu (Zambia Agriculture Research Institute (ZARI))
    Mudenda, Maambo (Total LandCare (TLC))
    United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
     
    Type experimental Data