Impact of conservation tillage on soil quality under smallholder farming systems in eastern Uganda and western Kenya
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2014
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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.
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Soil organic matter, Water, Conservation agriculture, Tropical zones, Conservation tillage, Bulk density, Penetration resistance, Water infiltration, Field Scale
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Presented at the ASA, CSSA, SSSA meetings, Long Beasch, CA, 2-5 November