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Effect of free grazing on soil coverBecause the weeds on Mama Mchome’s farm were overwhelming, thefamily inverted the soil as well as ripping it
Types of soil cover: lablab plus maize residue after harvesting maizeMaize residue as soil cover
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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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abreast of information. Information
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availability of agriculture credit,
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package being introduced should con
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of a planning workshop on conservat
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Organiza tionRIDEP (1980-1984)Natio
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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
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Page 145 and 146: Table 4. Conservation agriculture r
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Page 149 and 150: Farmers were advised to slash the c
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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 and 166: Appendix 1 Selected farmer profiles
Page 167 and 168: No. Farmer name M/F Age(yrs)Fam ily
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: Banana crop with mucuna as a cover
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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