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Impact of conservation tillage on soil quality under smallholder farming systems in eastern Uganda and western Kenya

Abstract

This poster presents a study to evaluate the impact oftillage: conventional tillage (CT), minimum tillage (MT) and notill(NT) combined with 3 cropping systems: intercrop, relay andstrip system on: (i.) Total and labile SOC and N pools and (ii.) Bulk density (BD), penetration resistance (PR) and water in eastern Uganda and western Kenya.

Description

Keywords

Soil organic matter, Water, Conservation agriculture, Tropical zones, Conservation tillage, Bulk density, Penetration resistance, Water infiltration, Field Scale

Citation

Presented at the ASA, CSSA, SSSA meetings, Long Beasch, CA, 2-5 November