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No. Farmer name M/F Age(yrs)Fam ilysizeLandowned(acres)Livestock Implements Crops grown andacreage4 Ramla Mustapha F — 4 7 1 ox1 cow (not usedfor traction)1 plough1 cultivator(on credit)maize 2.5 (nofertilizer, no 2ndweeding)sunfl ower 4popcorn 0.55 Gaudensia Mligo F — 20(all boughtin 2004at TZS40,000)maize 2.5groundnuts 16 EstherChambulikaziF — 7 5(2 acresboughtin 2005at TZS12,000)3 oxen7 cows3 calves15 chickens1 plough1 cultivator1 ripper(on credit)maize 2sunfl ower +cowpea 1mucuna 0.5CA practices Benefi ts, yieldsunder CA (kg/acre)rippingsole lablabfor soil cover,fertilitymaize 480sunfl ower 190researchedon ripping,ripper-planting,ridging andtied ridgingpoor rainfall;maize yields:ploughing 400ripper-planter 540tied ridges 540ripping 700ripping +manureapplication onfurrowsole mucunato fertilizer andcover soilmaize 1350sunfl ower 350cowpea 220mucuna 40Projections and futureambitionsRipper saves time,allows timely fi rewoodcollection andmeal preparationChange lablab tomucunaChange lablab tomucunaIncrease maizeacreageIncrease groundnuts1 to 5 acres1 acre to be used forforage treesAcquire anothercultivatorChallengesLablab attackedby fi eld pests,poor yieldsFertilizer fortopdressing notaccessible. Onlyfarmyard manureused142 Mkomwa et al.
No. Farmer name M/F Age(yrs)Fam ilysizeLandowned(acres)Livestock Implements Crops grown andacreage7 SikudhaniRamadhaniF — 5 4 2 oxen2 cows7 goats4 sheep8 Daniel Lugenge M — 6 5 2 cows2 calves4 sheepgoatsridgerploughcultivator(on credit)ripperripperploughmaize 4mucuna 0.5maize 2sunfl ower 1fallow 29 Ekati Mtekele M — 8 7 6 oxen10 cows2 goatschickensplough maize + beans2.5sunfl ower +cowpea 1.5grass fallow 2CA practices Benefi ts, yieldsunder CA (kg/acre)Projections and futureambitionsChallengesrippingsole mucunamaize 800 Split mucuna plot toplant mucuna + maizePlant other crops likesunfl ower, bambaranuts and groundnutsOxen power notadequaterippingcover cropstrained in CA:jab, directseeder, rippingyield increasedfrom 300 to1300not practisingany, 4 years afterPlant large areas ofmucuna, tephrosia,lablab for coverTrained father onox weeding; hepurchased cultivatorto replace hand hoeweeding labour atTZS 6000–7000 peracre— —Weeding isthe threat; noguarantee tohave oxen forweedingMbeya District 143
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ContentsPreface ...................
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Full conservation agriculture, howe
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February 2005, which made possible
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Table B. Key characteristics of cas
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Overemphasis on field-scale, techni
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Arumeru DistrictCatherine W. Maguzu
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8 Gaps and challenges .............
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Executive summaryA case study of co
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It has shown increase in yields, re
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The case study teamThe local team w
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NgorongoroKageraMaraMonduliArumeruM
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MarketsThe urban centres are Kikati
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middle-aged, who migrate to towns t
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4 Conservation agriculture historyI
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maize, pigeon pea, and lablab seeds
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herbicide was completely abandoned
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Most of the implements, except the
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6 Adapting and diffusing conservati
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villages with eight farmers (Mwalle
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ecognition and enforcement of the b
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Table 3. Labour for conservation ag
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Timeliness in irrigating a farm is
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to rehabilitate his land by constru
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Land tenureSmall-scale farmers will
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and handling herbicides should be d
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Appendix 1Conservation agriculture
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Organization Activities Methods to
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Appendix 3Lablab and mucuna seed di
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Karatu DistrictDominick E. Ringo, C
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10 Benefi ts and effects of conserv
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Karatu acknowledgementsWe are very
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Forces driving for adoption of cons
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Despite the soundness of conservati
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NgorongoroKageraMaraMonduliArumeruM
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TemperatureTemperature decreases wi
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Most of the surface and underground
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crop does not store well. But when
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used to attend to AIDS sufferers an
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Erosion is now considered responsib
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Traditional methods of soil conserv
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Tanzania Association of ForestersAc
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Tanganyika Farmers AssociationAchie
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History of conservation agriculture
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what is feasible is to intercrop, w
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to connect experiences from differe
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mainly cover crop practices were ad
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Alfred’s neighbour Cornel has bee
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study tours, organizing farmer fiel
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Socio-economic and process aspectsW
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Page 124 and 125: Organiza tionRIDEP (1980-1984)Natio
Page 126 and 127: Organiza tionMazingira BoraKaratu (
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Page 131 and 132: ContentsAbbreviations .............
Page 133 and 134: AbbreviationsARIAgricultural Resear
Page 135 and 136: 1 IntroductionOver 80% of the peopl
Page 137 and 138: 3 MethodMbeya was selected as a cas
Page 139 and 140: Table 1. Agricultural characteristi
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Page 143 and 144: egin until the first rains. Maize y
Page 145 and 146: Table 4. Conservation agriculture r
Page 147 and 148: slasher, machete and billhook (nyen
Page 149 and 150: Farmers were advised to slash the c
Page 151 and 152: technical support. Trial treatments
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Page 155 and 156: Crop yieldsNineteen farmers in Wang
Page 157 and 158: Changes in costs and incomeThe aver
Page 159 and 160: • Farmers proposed that to improv
Page 161 and 162: 10 Gaps and challengesDespite the s
Page 163 and 164: 12 Recommendations• While some be
Page 165: Appendix 1 Selected farmer profiles
Page 169 and 170: Appendix 3Intervention detailsIniti
Page 171 and 172: Conservation agriculture technology
Page 173 and 174: Land degradation due to soil erosio
Page 175 and 176: Banana crop with mucuna as a cover
Page 177 and 178: Types of soil cover: lablab plus ma
Page 179 and 180: The pigeon pea crop has been left o
Page 181 and 182: Demonstrating conservation agricult
Page 183: Transferring crop residue for lives
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