Conservation agriculture systems for smallholder farmers in Malawi: An analysis of agronomic and economic benefits and constraints to adoption

This leads us to the conclusion that farmers in Gimbi are likely to prioritise any methods that that prevents soil erosion and increases fertility, which

This considers the off board simulation of the onboard sonar signal processing software. Not all sonar processing routines of the active sonars onboard the Nansen-class will be

In spite of increases in productivity from conservation agriculture practices (Haggblade & Tembo, 2003a), conservation agriculture in Zambia is only partially

Lead farmer familiarity with organic manure, crop rotation, and minimum tillage is very high in the study area, but familiarity was lower for herbicide application and mulching

This owes to the fact that many covariates (like number of plots owned by a household, intensity of soil erosion, age and gender of household head) that determines the adoption

Given that the majority of smallholder farmers in Malawi adopts a port- folio of maize varieties due to differences in consumption, drought tolerance and production traits (Lunduka

1 Department of Forest Economics, Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation (FFNC), Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Morogoro Tanzania.. 4 Department of Physical

The skills and capabilities of field staff working with farmers become important in field characterization, choices of crops for different fields, possible combination of