dc.contributor.author | Karuma, Anne | |
dc.contributor.author | Amuri, Nyambilila | |
dc.contributor.author | Gachene, CK | |
dc.contributor.author | Gicheru, P | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-22T10:43:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-05-22T10:43:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Karuma, A., Mtakwa, P., Amuri, N., Gachene, C. K., & Gicheru, P. Tillage and Cropping Effects on Soil Water Dynamics and Crop Yields in Mwala District, Kenya. Sustainable Land Management in Dry Lands of Kenya, 121. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.eld-initiative.org/fileadmin/pdf/slm_book.pdf#page=150 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/95855 | |
dc.description.abstract | Soil water conservation through tillage is one of the appropriate ways of
reducing soil moisture deficit in rain-fed agriculture. This study evaluated the
effects of tillage practices, cropping systems on soil moisture conservation
and crop yields in Machakos County in Eastern Kenya during the long rains
and short rains of 2012 and 2013. Six tillage practices disc plough (DP) disc
plough and harrowing (DPH), ox-ploughing (OX), subsoiling - ripping (SR),
hand hoe and tied Ridges (HTR) and hand hoe only (H) and, 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 moisture
content and crop growth parameters were monitored at different weeks after
planting. Crop yields at end of each growing season were also measured.
A three-season average showed that soil moisture content and crop yields
were higher in conventional tillage practices compared to the conservation
tillage practices. 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.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ | * |
dc.subject | Tillage systems | en_US |
dc.subject | Cropping systems | en_US |
dc.subject | Soil moisture | en_US |
dc.subject | Semi-arid areas | en_US |
dc.subject | Crop yields | en_US |
dc.title | Tillage and Cropping Effects on Soil Water Dynamics and Crop Yields in Mwala District, Kenya | en_US |
dc.type | Book chapter | en_US |