dc.contributor.author | Karuma, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Mtakwa, P | |
dc.contributor.author | Amuri, N | |
dc.contributor.author | Gachene, CK | |
dc.contributor.author | Gicheru, Patrick | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-08-01T13:05:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-08-01T13:05:23Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-03 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Karuma, A., Mtakwa, P., Amuri, N., Gachene, C. K., & Gicheru, P. (2014). Enhancing Soil Water Content for Increased Food Production in Semi-Arid Areas of Kenya Results From an On-Farm Trial in Mwala District, Kenya. Journal of Agricultural Science, 6(4), p125. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jas/article/viewFile/33245/19949 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/73520 | |
dc.description.abstract | Soil water conservation through tillage is one of the appr
opriate ways of addressing soil moisture deficit in
rainfed agriculture. This study evaluated the effects of tillage practices on soil moisture conservation and crop
yields in Mwala District, Eastern Kenya during the long
rains (LR) and short rains (SR) of 2012/13. Six tillage
systems: Disc plough (MB), Disc plough and harrowin
g (MBH), Ox-ploughing (OX), Subsoiling – ripping (SR),
Hand hoe and Tied Ridges (HTR) and Hand hoe only (H) an
d, three cropping systems
namely, sole maize, sole
bean and maize - bean intercrop, were investigated in a
split-plot design with four replicates. Data on soil water
content was monitored at different we
eks after planting and the crop yields at end of each growing season. A
three-season average shows that soil water content and cr
op yields were higher in
conventional tillage methods
compared to the conservation tillage methods. Long term
tillage experiments are thus required at different
locations, under various environmental and soil conditions to validate the study findings | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.subject | tillage systems, cropping systems, soil moisture, semi-arid areas, yields | en_US |
dc.title | Enhancing Soil Water Content for Increased Food Production in Semi-Arid Areas of Kenya Results From an On-Farm Trial in Mwala District, Kenya | en_US |
dc.type.material | en_US | en_US |