Raising the productivity of smallholder farms under semi-arid conditions by use of small doses of manure and nitrogen: a case of participatory research

By B. Ncube, J. Dimes, S. Twomlow, W. Mupangwa, K. Giller. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 2007

80 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Agronomy and Crop Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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In Agronomy and Crop Science

1. Tony Vyn
2. M. V. Wijk
3. K. Giller
4. Christopher Boomsma
5. S. Twomlow
6. Ignacio Antonio Ciampitti
7. P. Tittonell
8. F. Salvagiotti

In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. K. Giller
2. W. Mupangwa
3. S. Twomlow

In General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

1. M. V. Wijk
2. K. Giller
3. Peter S. Carberry
4. S. Twomlow
5. P. Tittonell

Citations in the corpus

• Micro-dosing as a pathway to Africa’s Green Revolution: evidence from broad-scale on-farm trials (2010, background): “Larger average gains could be obtained by combining the nitrogen fertiliser with a basal application of low grade manure (Ncube et al. 2007).”
• Building adaptive capacity to cope with increasing vulnerability due to climatic change in Africa – A new approach (2008, background): “Both countries are actively trying to address these problems, and mitigate the worst effects of climatic variability through breeding more drought tolerant short season crops, and the promotion of improved crop management practices such as precision application of available soil fertility amendments”
• Maize drought tolerance: Potential improvements through arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis? (2008, background): “In semi-arid regions and areas of recurrent drought, the soil is often inherently infertile or depleted of nutrients (principally N and P) and low in organic matter as a result of grower practices (Kamara et al., 2005; Cardoso and Kuyper, 2006; Ncube et al., 2007).”
• Productivity and residual benefits of grain legumes to sorghum under semi-arid conditions in southwestern Zimbabwe (2007, background): “Soil analysis and grain production results from smallholder farms in southwestern Zimbabwe have indicated that P is probably not a major limiting factor for legumes in the drier environment (Ncube et al. 2007).”
• Long-term addition of compost and NP fertilizer increases crop yield and improves soil quality in experiments on smallholder farms (2014, result): “This was in agreement with another participatory on-farm trial (Ncube et al., 2007).”