Effects of conservation agriculture techniques on infiltration and soil water content in Zambia and Zimbabwe

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dc.contributor.authorThierfelder, Christianen
dc.contributor.authorWall, P. C.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialZambiaen
dc.coverage.spatialZimbabween
dc.coverage.spatialSouthern Africaen
dc.coverage.temporal2005 - 2007en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:07:25Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:07:25Zen
dc.date.issued2009en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis paper discusses the results of researcher-managed field trials in Zimbabwe (sandy soil) and Zambia (finer-textured soil) 2005-2007, comparing conservation agriculture (CA) and conventional management. CA plots had significantly higher water infiltration 49% and 45% greater than conventional for two seasons in Zimbabwe, and 57% and 87% greater infiltration for CA treatment in Zambia. Most CA plots had higher average soil moisture throughout the season. The years of the study were not drought years, so it did not assess the drought-mitigating capacity of CA directly, but results suggest improved water use efficiency, which would reduce risk of crop failure in low-rain years.en
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dc.identifier4492en
dc.identifier.citationSoil and Tillage Research 105(2): 217-227en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2009.07.007en
dc.identifier.issn0617-1987en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/68790en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectRainfed agricultureen
dc.subjectSoil erosionen
dc.subjectConservation agricultureen
dc.subjectDroughten
dc.subjectWater infiltrationen
dc.subjectSoil wateren
dc.subjectWater use efficiencyen
dc.subjectErosionen
dc.subjectSoil moisture relationsen
dc.subjectField Scaleen
dc.titleEffects of conservation agriculture techniques on infiltration and soil water content in Zambia and Zimbabween
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