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04920nab a22004697a 4500 |
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67612 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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MX-TxCIM |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20250709123547.0 |
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240614s2014 -uk|||p|op||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 022 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBER |
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| International Standard Serial Number |
1161-0301 |
| 022 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBER |
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| International Standard Serial Number |
1873-7331 (Online) |
| 024 8# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2013.12.009 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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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 |
Rurinda, J. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
8671 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Comparative assessment of maize, finger millet and sorghum for household food security in the face of increasing climatic risk |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
United Kingdom : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Elsevier B.V., |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2014. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Peer review |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Questions as to which crop to grow, where, when and with what management, will be increasingly challenging for farmers in the face of a changing climate. The objective of this study was to evaluate emergence, yield and financial benefits of maize, finger millet and sorghum, planted at different dates and managed with variable soil nutrient inputs in order to develop adaptation options for stabilizing food production and income for smallholder households in the face of climate change and variability. Field experiments with maize, finger millet and sorghum were conducted in farmers’ fields in Makoni and Hwedza districts in eastern Zimbabwe for three seasons: 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12. Three fertilization rates: high (90 kg N ha−1, 26 kg P ha−1, 7 t ha−1 manure), low (35 kg N ha−1, 14 kg P ha−1, 3 t ha−1 manure) and a control (zero fertilization); and three planting dates: early, normal and late, were compared. Crop emergence for the unfertilized finger millet and sorghum was <15% compared with >70% for the fertilized treatments. In contrast, the emergence for maize (a medium-maturity hybrid cultivar, SC635), was >80% regardless of the amount of fertilizer applied. Maize yield was greater than that of finger millet and sorghum, also in the season (2010/11) which had poor rainfall distribution. Maize yielded 5.4 t ha−1 compared with 3.1 t ha−1 for finger millet and 3.3 t ha−1 for sorghum for the early plantings in the 2009/10 rainfall season in Makoni, a site with relatively fertile soils. In the poorer 2010/11 season, early planted maize yielded 2.4 t ha−1, against 1.6 t ha−1 for finger millet and 0.4 t ha−1 for sorghum in Makoni. Similar yield trends were observed on the nutrient-depleted soils in Hwedza, although yields were less than those observed in Makoni. All crops yielded significantly more with increasing rates of fertilization when planting was done early or in what farmers considered the ‘normal window’. Crops planted early or during the normal planting window gave comparable yields that were greater than yields of late-planted crops. Water productivity for each crop planted early or during the normal window increased with increase in the amount of fertilizer applied, but differed between crop type. Maize had the highest water productivity (8.0 kg dry matter mm−1 ha−1) followed by sorghum (4.9 kg mm−1 ha−1) and then finger millet (4.6 kg mm−1 ha−1) when a high fertilizer rate was applied to the early-planted crop. Marginal rates of return for maize production were greater for the high fertilization rate (>50%) than for the low rate (<50%). However, the financial returns for finger millet were more attractive for the low fertilization rate (>100%) than for the high rate (<100%). Although maize yield was greater compared with finger millet, the latter had a higher content of calcium and can be stored for up to five years. The superiority of maize, in terms of yields, over finger millet and sorghum, suggests that the recommendation to substitute maize with small grains may not be a robust option for adaptation to increased temperatures and more frequent droughts likely to be experienced in Zimbabwe and other parts of southern Africa. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
Text in English |
| 591 ## - CATALOGING NOTES |
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| Affiliation |
Chikowo, R. : No CIMMYT Affiliation |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Climate change adaptation |
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AGROVOC |
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5511 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Diversification |
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AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
3027 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Planting date |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
3766 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Climate variability |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
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23828 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Nutrient management |
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AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
2058 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Food security |
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AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1118 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Maize |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1173 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Finger millet |
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AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
18075 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Sorghum |
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AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
2002 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Fertilizer application |
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AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1110 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Weather Hazards |
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AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
8700 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Rainfall Patterns |
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AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
8749 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Mapfumo, P. |
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3354 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
van Wijk, M.T. |
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2500 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Mtambanengwe, F. |
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15811 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Rufino, M.C. |
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2610 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Chikowo, R. |
| Field link and sequence number |
001713580 |
| Miscellaneous information |
Sustainable Agrifood Systems |
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3959 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Giller, K.E. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1960 |
| 773 0# - HOST ITEM ENTRY |
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| Place, publisher, and date of publication |
United Kingdom : Elsevier B.V., 2014. |
| Related parts |
v. 55, p. 29–41 |
| Title |
European Journal of Agronomy |
| Record control number |
G446870 |
| International Standard Serial Number |
1161-0301 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type |
Article |
| Suppress in OPAC |
No |