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Annual Report
Soil fert net annual report for 2001
(CIMMYT, 2002)
The work of the Soil Fertility Research Network for Smallholder Maize-Based Farming Systems in Southern Africa (Soil Fert Net) strengthened significantly during 2001. Our new strategy for the period 2001-2003 (described ...
Annual Report
The soil fertility management and policy network for maize-based farming systems in Southern Africa "Soil Fert Net": annual report for 2003
(CIMMYT, 2003)
Our Annual Report for 2003 covers the final year of the Soil Fertility Management and Policy Network for Smallholder Maize-Based Farming Systems in Southern Mrica (Soil Fert Net). Funding from the Rockefeller Foundation ...
Annual Report
Soil Fertility Network for Maize-Based Cropping Systems in Malawi and Zimbabwe "Soil Fer Net": annual report for the Period 1 October 1998 to 30 September 1999
(CIMMYT, 1999)
In 1998/99, the Soil Fertility Research Network for Smallholder Maize-Based Cropping Systems in Malawi and Zimbabwe (Soil Fert Net) began a projected second four years of work. We followed the strategy (outlined in our ...
Report
Soil fertility network for maize-based farming systems: report of the period 1 October 1994 to 30 September 1995
(CIMMYT, 1995)
The goal of the Network is to help smallholder farmers in Malawi and Zimbabwe produce higher, more sustainable and profitable yields from their dominant maize-based cropping systems. The Network aims to achieve that through ...
Conference Proceedings
Grain legumes and green manures for soil fertility in Southern Africa: taking stock of progress
(CIMMYT; Soil Fert Net, 2003)
This conference on the soil fertility benefits from green manures and grain legumes brought together 56 participants from Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, along with some further key presenters from Ethiopia, Kenya ...
Book
On-farm legume experimentation to improve soil fertility in the Zimuto communal area, Zimbabwe: farmer perceptions and feedback
(CIMMYT, 2003)
Soil fertility is an important limiting factor for smallholder agriculture in southern Africa. In 1999-2002 research was undertaken to identify and evaluate legume technology options for soil fertility improvement within ...
Conference Proceedings
Maize production technology for the future: challenges and opportunities
(CIMMYT; EARO, 1999)
This publication provides a comprehensive and highly detailed picture of the major maize research advances and challenges in Eastern and Southern Africa since the last Regional Maize Conference held in 1996. The papers ...
Book
The Southern African drought and low soil fertility (SADLF) project: giving smallholder farmers the maize seed they want
(CIMMYT, 2003)
Given a choice, most people would not wish to confront the challenges that govern the lives of small-scale farmers in southern Africa. In this region, which has the most erratic growing conditions on earth, crop failures ...
Newsletter / Bulletin
Striga weed control with herbicide-coated maize seed
(CIMMYT, 2002)
The witchweed Striga decimates maize, millet, sorghum, upland rice and Napier throughout sub-Sahara Africa. From the high plateau of East Africa where peasant farmers struggle to survive on tiny fields of maize, to the ...
Article
The sustainability of a groundnut plus maize rotation over 12 years on smallholder farms in the sub-humid zone of Zimbabwe
(Academic Journals, 2007)
An experiment was conducted on four smallholder farms and on-station in the sub-humid zone of northeast Zimbabwe for 12 years to assess how the rotation of groundnut with NPK-fertilized and unfertilized maize affected the ...