Informations et ressources scientifiques
sur le développement des zones arides et semi-arides

UKAID Department for International Development (R4D)

Titre : Conservation tillage management for marginal smallholder farm systems in Zimbabwe

Pays : Zimbabwe

Projet de recherche pour le Développement : R4840

DFID Programme : Natural Resources Systems Programme

Organismes de mise en œuvre
Lead Institutes : Silsoe Research Institute
Managing Institutes : HTSPE Limited
Collaborating Institutes : AGRITEX Provincial Headquarters ; AGRITEX, Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Water ; Agronomy Institute, Department of Research and Specialist Services ; Cotton Research Institute, Department of Research and Specialist Services ; Cotton Training Centre, Zimbabwe ; Lowveld Research Station

Durée : Start Date : 01-04-1995 End Date : 30-03-1999

Descriptif
Farming systems research has indicated a widespread understanding amongst local farmers of the need for timely inter-row cultivation for both weed control and for keeping a rough soil surface which can retain rainfall (Mudhara & Ellis-Jones, 1993). In order to identify which systems are appropriate and acceptable to the farmer comparisons of traditional farming practices and technologies developed in Conservation Tillage Phase I (R4838) and selected by the farmer need to be researched at a farmer managed field level, rather than a researcher managed plot level. This project aims to evaluate the soil water conservation and weeding options that the farmers have selected and compare them with farmers’ existing practices.

Total Cost to DFID : £201,557

Présentation : UKAID