Effects of integrated water and nutrient management technologies on crop and labour productivity in Zimbabwe
Abstract
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Poor soils, erratic rainfall, frequent dry spells have been cited
as the major threats to the development agricultural in Southern
Africa. This experiment was designed to evaluate the benefits
derived from post planting tied ridging, conservation farming
basins and rip and potholing treated with cattle manure and
compound D on maize and soya bean yield, soil profile moisture
storage, plant nitrogen uptake and biomass. Nine farmers from
the semi-arid region of Kadoma are hosing the experiment with
a parallel study being conducted in Domboshawa which
receives annual rainfall of between 450 – 650 mm and 7501000
mm, respectively. Labour productivity for each innovation
will also be assessed.
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