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Raising the productivity of smallholder farms under semi-arid conditions by use of small doses of manure and nitrogen: a case of participatory research
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http://oar.icrisat.org/3664/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10705-006-9045-7 |
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Raising the productivity of smallholder farms under semi-arid conditions by use of small doses of manure and nitrogen: a case of participatory research
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Ncube, B
Dimes, J P Twomlow, S J Mupangwa, W Giller, K E |
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Maize
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Participatory on-farm trials were conducted for three seasons to assess the benefits of small rates of manure and nitrogen fertilizer on maize grain yield in semi-arid Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe. Two farmer resource groups conducted trials based on available amounts of manure, 3 t ha-1 (low resource group) and 6 t ha-1 (high resource group). Maize yields varied between 0.15 t ha-1 and 4.28 t ha-1 and both absolute yields and response to manure were strongly related to rainfall received across seasons (P
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Springer
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2007
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Article
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application/pdf
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en
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http://oar.icrisat.org/3664/1/NutrCyclAgroecosyst_77_1_53-67_2007.pdf
Ncube, B and Dimes, J P and Twomlow, S J and Mupangwa, W and Giller, K E (2007) Raising the productivity of smallholder farms under semi-arid conditions by use of small doses of manure and nitrogen: a case of participatory research. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 77 (1). pp. 53-67. ISSN 1385-1314 |
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