MARC details
000 -LEADER |
fixed length control field |
03871nab a22004217a 4500 |
001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
control field |
G97391 |
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
control field |
MX-TxCIM |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
control field |
20230403184514.0 |
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
fixed length control field |
210614s2013 ne |||p|op||| 00| 0 eng d |
022 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBER |
International Standard Serial Number |
0167-1987 |
024 8# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER |
Standard number or code |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2012.09.002 |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
MX-TxCIM |
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
eng |
090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (RLIN) |
Classification number (OCLC) (R) ; Classification number, CALL (RLIN) (NR) |
CIS-6885 |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Thierfelder, C. |
Miscellaneous information |
Sustainable Intensification Program |
-- |
Sustainable Agrifood Systems |
Field link and sequence number |
INT2939 |
9 (RLIN) |
877 |
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Conservation agriculture in eastern and southern provinces of Zambia : |
Remainder of title |
long-term effects on soil quality and maize productivity |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Amsterdam (Netherlands) : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Elsevier, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2013. |
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
General note |
Peer review |
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
General note |
Peer-review: Yes - Open Access: Yes|http://science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlresults.cgi?PC=MASTER&ISSN=0167-1987 |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc. |
Sustainable and resilient cropping systems are required in southern Africa to arrest declining soil fertility and offset the future negative effects of climate change. Conservation agriculture (CA) has been proposed as a potential system for improving soil quality and providing stable yields through minimum soil disturbance, surface crop residue retention (mulching) and crop rotations or associations. However, concerns have been raised about the lack of evidence of the benefits of CA for small-scale farmers in southern Africa. This research was carried out in two communities and one on-station site in Zambia to provide more scientific evidence about the effects of CA on soil quality, infiltration, soil moisture and crop performance. Results from Kayowozi showed that maize yields in a direct seeded CA treatment, using cowpea seeded with a dibble stick in full rotation, increased by up to 78% after four cropping seasons in comparison to a conventional control using a ridge and furrow system. At Malende, maize yields for animal traction rip-line seeded and direct seeded plots were, on average, 75% and 91% higher than a conventionally tilled control plot after six cropping seasons. Detailed studies undertaken at the Monze Farmer Training Centre revealed that CA treatments, especially that using cotton in rotation, increased water infiltration and soil moisture. In some years, infiltration was five times higher on CA fields than on those using conventional tillage. Carbon increases were only found at the on-station long-term trial, where, over time, CA plots outperformed conventional practice leading to an overall increase of 12% carbon in the first 30 cm, compared with decreases of 15% in the conventional control. Comparative analyses between the on-farm and on-station trials point to a lack of adequate mulching, which might be the reason for lower carbon at the on-farm sites. We conclude that the effects of CA can build up on different soil types in most systems, but that scaling up and out requires the whole community to be targeted, rather than relying on individual farmers to overcome constraints related to the set-up in rural communitieS. |
536 ## - FUNDING INFORMATION NOTE |
Text of note |
Conservation Agriculture Program |
546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
Language note |
Text in English |
591 ## - CATALOGING NOTES |
Affiliation |
CIMMYT Informa No. 1819 |
594 ## - STAFFID |
StaffID |
INT2939|CRUL01 |
595 ## - COLLECTION |
Collection |
CIMMYT Staff Publications Collection |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Conservation agriculture |
9 (RLIN) |
2619 |
Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Direct sowing |
9 (RLIN) |
1792 |
Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Sustainable land management |
9 (RLIN) |
9165 |
Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Mulching |
9 (RLIN) |
5840 |
Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Crop rotation |
9 (RLIN) |
1807 |
Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Soil conservation |
9 (RLIN) |
2273 |
Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
9 (RLIN) |
4309 |
Geographic name |
Zambia |
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Mwila, M. |
9 (RLIN) |
5744 |
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
9 (RLIN) |
1793 |
Personal name |
Rusinamhodzi, L. |
Miscellaneous information |
Sustainable Intensification Program |
Field link and sequence number |
CRUL01 |
773 0# - HOST ITEM ENTRY |
Title |
Soil and Tillage Research |
Related parts |
v. 126, p. 246-258 |
Place, publisher, and date of publication |
Amsterdam (Netherlands) : Elsevier, 2013. |
Record control number |
G444738 |
International Standard Serial Number |
0167-1987 |
856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12665/517 |
Link text |
Access only for CIMMYT Staff |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Koha item type |
Article |
Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
Suppress in OPAC |
No |