MARC details
| 000 -LEADER |
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| fixed length control field |
04289nab|a22004457a|4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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| control field |
67251 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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| control field |
MX-TxCIM |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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| control field |
20250815121412.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| fixed length control field |
202312s2023||||mx |||p|op||||00||0|eng|d |
| 022 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBER |
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| International Standard Serial Number |
1742-1705 |
| 022 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBER |
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| International Standard Serial Number |
1742-1713 (Online) |
| 024 8# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER |
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| Standard number or code |
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742170523000510 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
MX-TxCIM |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
eng |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Thierfelder, C. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
877 |
| Field link and sequence number |
INT2939 |
| Miscellaneous information |
Sustainable Agrifood Systems |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Unanswered questions and unquestioned answers : |
| Remainder of title |
the challenges of crop residue retention and weed control in Conservation Agriculture systems of southern Africa |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Cambridge University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2024. |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
United Kingdom : |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Peer review |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Open Access |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Production and utilization of crop residues as mulch and effective weed management are two central elements in the successful implementation of Conservation Agriculture (CA) systems in southern Africa. Yet, the challenges of crop residue availability for mulch or the difficulties in managing weed proliferation in CA systems are bigger than a micro-level focus on weeds and crop residues themselves. The bottlenecks are symptoms of broader systemic complications that cannot be resolved without appreciating the interactions between the current scientific understanding of CA and its application in smallholder systems, private incentives, social norms, institutions, and government policy. In this paper, we elucidate a series of areas that represent some unquestioned answers about chemical weed control and unanswered questions about how to maintain groundcover demanding more research along the natural and social sciences continuum. In some communities, traditional rules that allow free-range grazing of livestock after harvesting present a barrier in surface crop residue management. On the other hand, many of the communities either burn, remove, or incorporate the residues into the soil thus hindering the near-permanent soil cover required in CA systems. The lack of soil cover also means that weed management through soil mulch is unachievable. Herbicides are often a successful stopgap solution to weed control, but they are costly, and most farmers do not use them as recommended, which reduces efficacy. Besides, the use of herbicides can cause environmental hazards and may affect human health. Here, we suggest further assessment of the manipulation of crop competition, the use of vigorously growing cover crops, exploration of allelopathy, and use of microorganisms in managing weeds and reducing seed production to deplete the soil weed seed bank. We also suggest in situ production of plant biomass, use of unpalatable species for mulch generation and change of grazing by-laws towards a holistic management of pastures to reduce the competition for crop residues. However, these depend on the socio-economic status dynamics at farmer and community level. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
Text in English |
| 597 ## - CGIAR Initiative |
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| CGIAR Impact area |
Climate adaptation & mitigation |
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Environmental health & biodiversity |
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Nutrition, health & food security |
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs |
| CGIAR Initiative |
Diversification in East and Southern Africa |
| CGIAR Action areas |
Systems Transformation |
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Resilient Agrifood Systems |
| Donor or Funder |
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| CGSpace handle |
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139660 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Integrated crop-livestock systems |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
24461 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Crop residues |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1064 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Zero tillage |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1754 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Social norms |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
33195 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Sustainable intensification |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1355 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Weed control |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1308 |
| 651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| 9 (RLIN) |
1954 |
| Geographic name |
Southern Africa |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Mhlanga, B. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1683 |
| Field link and sequence number |
001710048 |
| Miscellaneous information |
Sustainable Agrifood Systems |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Ngoma, H. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
15771 |
| Field link and sequence number |
001712572 |
| Miscellaneous information |
Sustainable Agrifood Systems |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Marenya, P.P. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
787 |
| Field link and sequence number |
I1705822 |
| Miscellaneous information |
Sustainable Agrifood Systems |
| 700 7# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Md Abdul Matin |
| 9 (RLIN) |
3694 |
| Field link and sequence number |
001712567 |
| Miscellaneous information |
Sustainable Agrifood Systems |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Tufa, A.H. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
14336 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Alene, A.D. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1532 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Chikoye, D. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
6852 |
| 773 0# - HOST ITEM ENTRY |
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| Title |
Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication |
United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2024. |
| International Standard Serial Number |
1742-1705 |
| Related parts |
v. 39, e7, p 1–16 |
| Record control number |
G78991 |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Link text |
Open Access through DSpace |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://hdl.handle.net/10883/23068 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Article |
| Suppress in OPAC |
No |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |