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Mirriam Phiri, Jan Mulder, Benson H. Chishala, Lydia M. Chabala and Vegard Martinsen
Soils on many smallholder farms in Southern Africa are severely depleted in plant nutrients, in particular phosphorus (P), following years of maize monocropping with little or no fertilizer input. Past studies suggest that pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan (L.) ...
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Ashenafi Azage Mitiku, Dries Vandeweyer, Ines Adriaens, Yisehak Kechero, Leen Van Campenhout and Ben Aernouts
Preservation of widely available crop residues as silage could reduce feed shortages in Ethiopia. Four mixtures of banana pseudostem (BPS) and fresh maize stover (FMS) were prepared for fermentation considering the local conditions and available resource...
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Shukun Wang, Changquan Liu, Lei Han, Tingting Li, Guolei Yang and Taofeng Chen
The Grain-to-Fodder Crop Conversion Program (GCCP) in China mainly promotes the green and sustainable development of grain crops, economic crops, and silage crops by subsidizing livestock farms to encourage farmers to plant silage crops, such as corn sil...
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Henriyadi Henriyadi, Vatcharaporn Esichaikul and Chutiporn Anutariya
Farm Management Information Systems (FMIS) assists farmers in managing their farms more effectively and efficiently. However, the use of FMIS to support crop cultivation is, at the present time, relatively expensive for smallholder farmers. Due to some h...
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Håkan Berg, Deogratias Mulokozi and Lars Udikas
Aquaculture production in Tanzania has increased in recent years, responding to an increased demand for fish, but the scale and productivity of smallholder aquaculture remains below the level needed to support significant sector growth in Tanzania. This ...
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Robert Chew, Jay Rineer, Robert Beach, Maggie O?Neil, Noel Ujeneza, Daniel Lapidus, Thomas Miano, Meghan Hegarty-Craver, Jason Polly and Dorota S. Temple
Accurate projections of seasonal agricultural output are essential for improving food security. However, the collection of agricultural information through seasonal agricultural surveys is often not timely enough to inform public and private stakeholders...
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Harianto Harianto,M. Parulian Hutagaol,Iman Widhiyanto
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As part of strengthening food security and increasing farmers? income, the government established a program to improve farmers' access to working capital. However, the absorption of subsidized credits is still much lower than the allocation of cred...
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Malinda S. Thilakarathna, Tejendra Chapagain, Bhawana Ghimire, Roshan Pudasaini, Bir Bhahadur Tamang, Khem Gurung, Khem Choi, Laxmi Rai, Samjhana Magar, Bishnu BK, Shankar Gaire and Manish N. Raizada
Studies have shown the potential of rhizobia and associated micronutrients to enhance symbiotic nitrogen fixation in legumes. Tens of millions of smallholder farmers, however, farm on mountain hillsides in highly variable soil and microenvironments, with...
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Ibrahim Wahab, Ola Hall and Magnus Jirström
The application of remote sensing methods to assess crop vigor and yields has had limited applications in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) due largely to limitations associated with satellite images. The increasing use of unmanned aerial vehicles in recent times...
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Ola Hall, Sigrun Dahlin, Håkan Marstorp, Maria Francisca Archila Bustos, Ingrid Öborn and Magnus Jirström
Yield estimates and yield gap analysis are important for identifying poor agricultural productivity. Remote sensing holds great promise for measuring yield and thus determining yield gaps. Farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are commonly characte...
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