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Optimizing Soil Fertility Management Strategies to Enhance Banana Production in Volcanic Soils of the Northern Highlands, Tanzania
(MDPI, 2020-02-18)
Banana is an important crop in high altitude areas of Tanzania, grown widely both as a food
staple and as the main source of income. However, its production is constrained by low soil fertility, a
result of gradual ...
Insecticidal Efficacy of Syzygium aromaticum, Tephrosia vogelii and Croton dichogamus Extracts against Plutella xylostella and Trichoplusia ni on Brassica oleracea crop in Northern Tanzania
(AIMS Agriculture and Food, 2020-12-30)
The insecticidal efficacy of 10%, 5% and 1% w/v of Tephrosia vogelii, Croton
dichogamus and Syzygium aromaticum aqueous plant extracts were assessed against larvae of
Plutella xylostella and Trichoplusia ni on Brassica ...
Growth comparison of Banana cv. Mchare (Huti Green) under full and deficit irrigation conditions in Northern Highlands, Tanzania
(International Journal of Agronomy and Agricultural Research, 2020-02-15)
Drip irrigation in banana farms is an uncommon practice as compared with other horticultural crops. Records
for East African Highland Banana (EAHB) diploid (AA subgroup) cv Mchare-Huti Green (HG) cultivated under
drip ...
Determining tributary sources of increased sedimentation in East-African Rift Lakes.
(Elsevier B.V., 2020-05-15)
Temporal and spatial sediment dynamics in an East-African Rift Lake (Lake Manyara, Tanzania), and its river inputs, have been evaluated via a combination of sediment tracing and radioactive dating. Changes in sedimentation ...
Selected Insect Pests of Economic Importance to Brassica oleracea, Their Control Strategies and the Potential Threat to Environmental Pollution in Africa
(MDPI, 2020-05-08)
The most common destructive insect pests affecting cabbages in African smallholder
farmers include Plutella xylostella, Helula undalis, Pieris brassicae, Brevycoryne brassicae, Trichoplusia ni
and Myzus persicae. Those ...
Better nitrogen fertilizer management improved Mchare banana productivity and profitability in northern highlands, Tanzania
(MDPI, 2023-05-20)
Declining land productivity is a major problem constraining banana (Musa spp.) production
in Tanzania. Banana fruit yield consequently reaches only 15% of the potential, primarily due to
inadequate soil nutrient ...
Integrating land-water-people connectivity concepts across disciplines for co-design of soil erosion solutions
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2020-10-02)
Soil resources in East Africa are being rapidly depleted by erosion, threatening food, water and livelihood security in the region. Here we demonstrate how the integration of evidence from natural and social sciences has ...
Connectivity between land, water, and people: integrating process concepts and assessment evidence across disciplines for co-design of soil erosion solutions
(Authorea, 2020-04-20)
Soil resources in East Africa are being rapidly depleted by erosion, threatening food-, water- and livelihood security in the region. Here we demonstrate how integration of evidence from natural and social sciences has ...
Maize stover transfers from maize fields to banana-based agroforestry homegardens and the corresponding nutrient flows in central-northern Tanzania
(Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2023-07-13)
Maize (Zea mays) stover produced in the drier lowland areas on the volcanic foot slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro serves as an important additional fodder for smallholder zero-grazed dairy cattle farming in the humid highland ...
Influence of farmers’ socio- economic characteristics on nutrient flow and implications for system sustainability in smallholdings: a review
(Frontiers in social science, 2023-04-14)
The rise in global human population, coupled with the effects of climate change,
has increased the demand for arable land. Soil fertility has been the most
affected, among other things. Many approaches to soil fertility ...