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dc.contributor.authorChisanga, Kafula
dc.contributor.authorMbega, Ernest
dc.contributor.authorNdakidemi, Patrick A.
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-10T06:50:43Z
dc.date.available2021-02-10T06:50:43Z
dc.date.issued2020-01-27
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/su12030928
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.nm-aist.ac.tz/handle/20.500.12479/1098
dc.descriptionThis research article published by MDPI, 2021en_US
dc.description.abstractSoil fertility management has been described by many scholars as fundamental and a major hindrance to food production amongst smallholder farmers in the developing world. To counteract this challenge, some farmers have been reported to use anthill soil as analternative fertilizer to improve soil fertility for supporting crop growth. Against this background, a study was undertaken with the aim of ascertaining the effect of anthill soil application alone, cattle manure, and/or their combination with commercially available NPK fertilizer on the growth and yield parameters of three maize varieties under field conditions involving conventional (CONV) and conservation agriculture (CA) tillage systems. Results revealed that anthill soil alone (5000 kg/ha) or in combination with either manure (10,000 kg/ha) or half rate of commercially available fertilizer (NPKS: 10% N, 20% P2O5, 10% K2O, 6% S at 100 kg/ha) competed favourably in terms of response to growth parameters. Furthermore, pH and P levels changed significantly (p < 0.05) at harvest. We conclude that resource-constrained smallholder farmers in less developed countries utilizing anthill soil for fertility improvement purposes should judiciously apply it in CA planting basin structures compared with conventional methods, which appeared to be less effective and leads to sub-optimal yields.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.subjectAgronomic practicesen_US
dc.subjectCrop yielden_US
dc.subjectFood securityen_US
dc.subjectSoil healthen_US
dc.subjectSustainable agricultureen_US
dc.titleMaize (Zea mays) Response to Anthill Soil (Termitaria), Manure and NPK Fertilization Rate under Conventional and Reduced Tillage Cropping Systemsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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