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Appendix 3Lablab and mucuna seed distributionDistrict or regionLablab seed(kg)Mucuna seed(kg)Donor or sourceArumeru District 600 200 FAO, CASARDArusha District 200 120 Individual farmersBabati District 300 — Individual farmersKilimanjaro Region 100 — District councilSimanjiro 600 — District councilSimanjiro 100 — From Mbauda marketFarmer visitors to SARI 150 80 Individual farmersGovernment workers in Arusha 160 — Individual farmersSource: SARI46 Maguzu et al.
Appendix 4 Cropping operations in Arumeru DistrictActivity Dec Jan Feb Mar April May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov DecLong-season rains x xPrepare land. Tools: tractor plough, hand hoe, mouldboard plough x xRipping x x xPlant. Tools: hand hoes, direct planter, mouldboard plough, jab planter (minimal use)Maize x x xBeans x xLablab (2 weeks after main crop) x x xPigeon pea (together with main crop) x x xWeeding (1st and 2nd) x xUntangle lablab on maize x xApply fertilizer, manure (not common for food crops)Harvest cropsMaize xBeans xLablab x xPigeon pea x xArumeru District 47
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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
Page 26 and 27: Arumeru DistrictCatherine W. Maguzu
Page 28 and 29: 8 Gaps and challenges .............
Page 30 and 31: Executive summaryA case study of co
Page 32 and 33: It has shown increase in yields, re
Page 34 and 35: The case study teamThe local team w
Page 36 and 37: NgorongoroKageraMaraMonduliArumeruM
Page 38 and 39: MarketsThe urban centres are Kikati
Page 40 and 41: middle-aged, who migrate to towns t
Page 42 and 43: 4 Conservation agriculture historyI
Page 44 and 45: maize, pigeon pea, and lablab seeds
Page 46 and 47: herbicide was completely abandoned
Page 48 and 49: Most of the implements, except the
Page 50 and 51: 6 Adapting and diffusing conservati
Page 52 and 53: villages with eight farmers (Mwalle
Page 54 and 55: ecognition and enforcement of the b
Page 56 and 57: Table 3. Labour for conservation ag
Page 58 and 59: Timeliness in irrigating a farm is
Page 60 and 61: to rehabilitate his land by constru
Page 62 and 63: Land tenureSmall-scale farmers will
Page 64 and 65: and handling herbicides should be d
Page 66 and 67: Appendix 1Conservation agriculture
Page 68 and 69: Organization Activities Methods to
Page 73: Karatu DistrictDominick E. Ringo, C
Page 76 and 77: 10 Benefi ts and effects of conserv
Page 78 and 79: Karatu acknowledgementsWe are very
Page 80 and 81: Forces driving for adoption of cons
Page 82 and 83: Despite the soundness of conservati
Page 84 and 85: NgorongoroKageraMaraMonduliArumeruM
Page 86 and 87: TemperatureTemperature decreases wi
Page 88 and 89: Most of the surface and underground
Page 90 and 91: crop does not store well. But when
Page 92 and 93: used to attend to AIDS sufferers an
Page 94 and 95: Erosion is now considered responsib
Page 96 and 97: Traditional methods of soil conserv
Page 98 and 99: Tanzania Association of ForestersAc
Page 100 and 101: Tanganyika Farmers AssociationAchie
Page 102 and 103: History of conservation agriculture
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Page 106 and 107: to connect experiences from differe
Page 108 and 109: mainly cover crop practices were ad
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Page 114 and 115: Socio-economic and process aspectsW
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Page 118 and 119: 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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Organiza tionMazingira BoraKaratu (
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Appendix 3 Estates in Karatu Distri
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ContentsAbbreviations .............
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AbbreviationsARIAgricultural Resear
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1 IntroductionOver 80% of the peopl
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3 MethodMbeya was selected as a cas
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Table 1. Agricultural characteristi
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Three agricultural officers serve t
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egin until the first rains. Maize y
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Table 4. Conservation agriculture r
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slasher, machete and billhook (nyen
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Farmers were advised to slash the c
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technical support. Trial treatments
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In the latest FARM Africa project,
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Crop yieldsNineteen farmers in Wang
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Changes in costs and incomeThe aver
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• Farmers proposed that to improv
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10 Gaps and challengesDespite the s
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12 Recommendations• While some be
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Appendix 1 Selected farmer profiles
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No. Farmer name M/F Age(yrs)Fam ily
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Appendix 3Intervention detailsIniti
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Conservation agriculture technology
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Land degradation due to soil erosio
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Banana crop with mucuna as a cover
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Types of soil cover: lablab plus ma
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The pigeon pea crop has been left o
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Demonstrating conservation agricult
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Transferring crop residue for lives
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