Using local resources to improve soil fertility in Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorWickama, J.en
dc.contributor.authorMowo, J.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialTanzaniaen
dc.coverage.spatialSub-Saharan Africaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:07:50Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:07:50Zen
dc.date.issued2001en
dc.description.abstractDespite their concern about declining soil fertility, farmers from the Tanzanian village of Kwalei use very little mineral fertilizer to improve their crop yields. A PRA study in this benchmark site for the African Highland Initiative (AHI) revealed that although this type of input was available, it was considered too expensive for widespread use. As their livestock could not produce enough farmyard manure for their needs, farmers coped by using the leaves of certain local shrubs as green manure, which seemed to improve soil fertility when ploughed into the fields. However, although they based their soil fertility management strategies on these shrubs, researchers and extension workers did not know their scientific name or nutrient content, and it was agreed that an inventory should be made of this important local source of nutrients.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier318en
dc.identifier.citationManaging Africa's Soils No. 21en
dc.identifier.issn1560-3520en
dc.identifier.other318_IIED_Using_local_resources_Tanzania.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65387en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherLondon, UK: IIEDen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.iied.org/pubs/pdf/full/9041IIED.pdfen
dc.subjectParticipatory processesen
dc.subjectGreen manure cropsen
dc.subjectSoil managementen
dc.subjectSoil fertilityen
dc.subjectLocal knowledgeen
dc.subjectTanzaniaen
dc.subjectTughutuen
dc.subjectLocal resourcesen
dc.subjectAfrican highland initiativeen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scaleen
dc.titleUsing local resources to improve soil fertility in Tanzaniaen
dc.typeReporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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