Liming of smallholder soils in Zimbabwe
Most of the soils in smallholders areas of Zimbabwe are acidic. This is one of the main reasons that crops grow poorly. Lime is a low cost amendment which makes soils less acidic. Lime has been widely used by commercial farmers in Zimbabwe for many years and smallholder farmers are now beginning to benefit from it. Just a few hundred kg of lime per hectare will allow crops to yield more by increasing the growth of roots, aviability of mineral nutrients and the crop response to fertilizer. Maize benifits from liming but legumes such as groundnut should benefit even more.
Saved in:
| Format: | Brochure biblioteca |
|---|---|
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
CIMMYT
2000
|
| Subjects: | AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, FERTILIZER APPLICATION, INNOVATION ADOPTION, MAIZE, SMALL FARMS, SOIL MANAGEMENT, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10883/3650 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| id |
dig-cimmyt-10883-3650 |
|---|---|
| record_format |
koha |
| spelling |
dig-cimmyt-10883-36502021-03-31T14:27:01Z Liming of smallholder soils in Zimbabwe AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY FERTILIZER APPLICATION INNOVATION ADOPTION MAIZE SMALL FARMS SOIL MANAGEMENT Most of the soils in smallholders areas of Zimbabwe are acidic. This is one of the main reasons that crops grow poorly. Lime is a low cost amendment which makes soils less acidic. Lime has been widely used by commercial farmers in Zimbabwe for many years and smallholder farmers are now beginning to benefit from it. Just a few hundred kg of lime per hectare will allow crops to yield more by increasing the growth of roots, aviability of mineral nutrients and the crop response to fertilizer. Maize benifits from liming but legumes such as groundnut should benefit even more. 2 pages 2014-03-13T00:57:18Z 2014-03-13T00:57:18Z 2000 Brochure http://hdl.handle.net/10883/3650 English CIMMYT manages Intellectual Assets as International Public Goods. The user is free to download, print, store and share this work. In case you want to translate or create any other derivative work and share or distribute such translation/derivative work, please contact CIMMYT-Knowledge-Center@cgiar.org indicating the work you want to use and the kind of use you intend; CIMMYT will contact you with the suitable license for that purpose. Open Access PDF Harare (Zimbabwe) CIMMYT |
| institution |
CIMMYT |
| collection |
DSpace |
| country |
México |
| countrycode |
MX |
| component |
Bibliográfico |
| access |
En linea |
| databasecode |
dig-cimmyt |
| tag |
biblioteca |
| region |
America del Norte |
| libraryname |
CIMMYT Library |
| language |
English |
| topic |
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY FERTILIZER APPLICATION INNOVATION ADOPTION MAIZE SMALL FARMS SOIL MANAGEMENT AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY FERTILIZER APPLICATION INNOVATION ADOPTION MAIZE SMALL FARMS SOIL MANAGEMENT |
| spellingShingle |
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY FERTILIZER APPLICATION INNOVATION ADOPTION MAIZE SMALL FARMS SOIL MANAGEMENT AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY FERTILIZER APPLICATION INNOVATION ADOPTION MAIZE SMALL FARMS SOIL MANAGEMENT Liming of smallholder soils in Zimbabwe |
| description |
Most of the soils in smallholders areas of Zimbabwe are acidic. This is one of the main reasons that crops grow poorly. Lime is a low cost amendment which makes soils less acidic. Lime has been widely used by commercial farmers in Zimbabwe for many years and smallholder farmers are now beginning to benefit from it. Just a few hundred kg of lime per hectare will allow crops to yield more by increasing the growth of roots, aviability of mineral nutrients and the crop response to fertilizer. Maize benifits from liming but legumes such as groundnut should benefit even more. |
| format |
Brochure |
| topic_facet |
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY FERTILIZER APPLICATION INNOVATION ADOPTION MAIZE SMALL FARMS SOIL MANAGEMENT |
| title |
Liming of smallholder soils in Zimbabwe |
| title_short |
Liming of smallholder soils in Zimbabwe |
| title_full |
Liming of smallholder soils in Zimbabwe |
| title_fullStr |
Liming of smallholder soils in Zimbabwe |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Liming of smallholder soils in Zimbabwe |
| title_sort |
liming of smallholder soils in zimbabwe |
| publisher |
CIMMYT |
| publishDate |
2000 |
| url |
http://hdl.handle.net/10883/3650 |
| _version_ |
1756086472747778048 |