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Extrapolation suitability index for sustainable vegetable cultivation in Babati district, Tanzania

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Title Extrapolation suitability index for sustainable vegetable cultivation in Babati district, Tanzania
 
Creator Muthoni, F.K.
Delore, J.M.
Lukumay, P.J.
Ochieng, J.
 
Subject agronomy
geographic information systems
sustainable intensification
vegetables
cultivars
 
Description Open Access Journal
Land suitability assessment matches crop requirements with available resources to promote sustainable production. Scaling out of sustainable agricultural intensification practices to suitable biophysical and socio-economic conditions reduces the risk of failure and increases their adoption rate. This study applies a geospatial framework to identify potentially suitable sites for extrapolating two improved vegetable cultivars grown under integrated management practices (IMP’s) in Babati District of Tanzania. On-farm trial data on the yield and income of two cultivars were used as a reference. Extrapolation was based on the gridded
biophysical and socio-economic layers that limit the production of the two improved vegetable cultivars’. The extrapolation suitability index (ESI) showed the areas where cultivation of the two improved vegetable cultivars under IMP’s can be scaled-out with a potentially low risk of failure. We generate maps of the most important limiting factor for each cultivar in every pixel to guide the spatial targeting of appropriate remedial measures. Application of these maps will promote evidence-based scaling out of improved vegetable technologies by the extension and development agencies.
 
Date 2023
2023-04-11T10:08:40Z
2023-04-11T10:08:40Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Muthoni, F.K., Delore, J.M., Lukumay, P.J. & Justus, O. (2023). Extrapolation suitability index (ESI) for sustainable vegetable cultivation in Babati district, Tanzania. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7: 1047505, 1-12.
2571-581X
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129945
https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1047505
BIOMETRICS
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 1-12
application/pdf
 
Source Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems