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Crop productivity, nutritional and economic benefits of no-till systems in smallholder farms of Ethiopia

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Title Crop productivity, nutritional and economic benefits of no-till systems in smallholder farms of Ethiopia
 
Creator Mupangwa, Walter
Yahaya, Rabe
Tadesse, Ephrem
Ncube, Bongani
Mutenje, Munyaradzi
Chipindu, Lovemore
Mhlanga, Blessing
Kassa, Abrham
 
Subject intensification
mixed farming
maize
integrated crop-livestock systems
tractors
 
Description Smallholder maize and wheat production systems are characterized by high drudgery.
On-farm trials were run for three seasons in Ethiopia. The study assessed the effect of 2 WT direct
seeding and growing season on (1) soil quality, and (2) maize and wheat productivity, energy and
protein gains, and gross margins, on smallholder farms in Ethiopia. For the wheat crop, the effect
of different soil types and agroecological conditions on productivity was assessed. The treatments
in paired plots were (i) conventional ploughing practice and (ii) no-till (NT). Soil properties, crop
yield, nutrition gains and gross margins were determined. No-till improved soil properties in the
short term. No-till produced 1210–1559 kg ha􀀀1 grain, 18–29 GJ ha􀀀1 energy and 121–194 kg ha􀀀1
proteins, and generated 358–385 US$ ha􀀀1 more than the conventional practice in the maize system.
In the wheat system, no-till treatment had 341–1107 kg ha􀀀1 grain, 5–16 GJ ha􀀀1 energy and
43–137 kg ha􀀀1 proteins, and generated 230–453 US$ ha􀀀1 more than conventional practice. No-till
can be more productive and profitable in the Ethiopian maize and wheat-based cropping systems.
 
Date 2023-01-01
2023-01-16T11:22:29Z
2023-01-16T11:22:29Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Mupangwa, W., Yahaya, R., Tadesse, E., Ncube, B., Mutenje, M., Chipindu, L., Mhlanga, B. and Kassa, A. 2023. Crop productivity, nutritional and economic benefits of no-till systems in smallholder farms of Ethiopia. Agronomy 13:115.
2073-4395
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127182
https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13010115
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Publisher MDPI
 
Source Agronomy