Impact of Vetiveria Zizanioides (vetiver grass) live barriers on maize production in Honduras

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dc.contributor.authorHellin, Jonathanen
dc.contributor.authorHaigh, M.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialHondurasen
dc.coverage.temporal1996 - 1998en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:09:11Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:09:11Zen
dc.date.issued2002en
dc.description.abstractThe authors investigated the use of grass strips as a soil conservation method in maize production on steeplands in Central America. Soil tended to accumulate above the strips and to scour immediately below the strips. Over a three-year test period, the authors noted no significant difference in yields between control and test plots except in the drought year of 1997 when maize planted above the grass barriers benefitted from the water stored in the accumulated soil. The authors concluded that the grass barriers by themselves did not provide enough benefit to encourage widespread adoption. They did suggest, however, that replacing the grass with a harvestable crop could improve the benefits of the technology.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier583en
dc.identifier.other583_ImpactofVetiveriaZizanioides.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65630en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherBeijing, P. R. China: Tsinghua University Pressen
dc.relation.ispartofIn: Proceedings of the 12th International Soil Conservation Organization Conference, Vol. III: Technology and Method of Soil and Water Conservation, 277-281en
dc.relation.urihttp://tucson.ars.ag.gov/isco/isco12/volume_3.htmlen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.tucson.ars.ag.gov/isco/isco12/VolumeIII/ImpactofVetiveriaZizanioides.pdfen
dc.subjectSoil conservationen
dc.subjectLive barriersen
dc.subjectFarmer adoptionen
dc.subjectSteeplandsen
dc.subjectMaize yielden
dc.subjectSoil moisture storageen
dc.subjectField Scaleen
dc.titleImpact of Vetiveria Zizanioides (vetiver grass) live barriers on maize production in Hondurasen
dc.typeConference proceedingen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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