Methodological development in linking farmer participatory research with simulation modelling for improvemed resource management and productivity in Southern Zimbabwe

This report outlines a methodology whereby whole farm fertiliser and crop management strategies for maize based systems, are jointly developed and evaluated by communal farmer and researchers with the assistance of a simulation model. The decision making process by the farmers is documented and the management scenarios pre-tested using the APSIM (Agricultural Production Systems Simulator) farming systems model over a range of seasons to provide information on possible outcomes. With this information and increased farmer participation in developing plausible simulations, farmers and researchers are able to explore targeted options for the maximum use of scarce resources for optimal yields. This methodology is only in it's infancy, but provides a means to review and develop, alternative soil fertility technologies and the constraints to agricultural production in the low fertility, climatically variable environments of southern Zimbabwe.

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Main Authors: Vaughan, C., Shamudzarira, Z.
Format: Working Paper biblioteca
Language:English
Published: CIMMYT 2000
Subjects:AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, SIMULATION MODELS, FARMING SYSTEMS,
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10883/3834
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spelling dig-cimmyt-10883-38342021-03-31T14:27:14Z Methodological development in linking farmer participatory research with simulation modelling for improvemed resource management and productivity in Southern Zimbabwe Vaughan, C. Shamudzarira, Z. AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY SIMULATION MODELS FARMING SYSTEMS This report outlines a methodology whereby whole farm fertiliser and crop management strategies for maize based systems, are jointly developed and evaluated by communal farmer and researchers with the assistance of a simulation model. The decision making process by the farmers is documented and the management scenarios pre-tested using the APSIM (Agricultural Production Systems Simulator) farming systems model over a range of seasons to provide information on possible outcomes. With this information and increased farmer participation in developing plausible simulations, farmers and researchers are able to explore targeted options for the maximum use of scarce resources for optimal yields. This methodology is only in it's infancy, but provides a means to review and develop, alternative soil fertility technologies and the constraints to agricultural production in the low fertility, climatically variable environments of southern Zimbabwe. 24 pages 2014-03-13T01:05:23Z 2014-03-13T01:05:23Z 2000 Working Paper 1665-045-X http://hdl.handle.net/10883/3834 English Risk Management Working Paper Series 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 Zimbabwe Mexico CIMMYT
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Shamudzarira, Z.
Methodological development in linking farmer participatory research with simulation modelling for improvemed resource management and productivity in Southern Zimbabwe
description This report outlines a methodology whereby whole farm fertiliser and crop management strategies for maize based systems, are jointly developed and evaluated by communal farmer and researchers with the assistance of a simulation model. The decision making process by the farmers is documented and the management scenarios pre-tested using the APSIM (Agricultural Production Systems Simulator) farming systems model over a range of seasons to provide information on possible outcomes. With this information and increased farmer participation in developing plausible simulations, farmers and researchers are able to explore targeted options for the maximum use of scarce resources for optimal yields. This methodology is only in it's infancy, but provides a means to review and develop, alternative soil fertility technologies and the constraints to agricultural production in the low fertility, climatically variable environments of southern Zimbabwe.
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title_short Methodological development in linking farmer participatory research with simulation modelling for improvemed resource management and productivity in Southern Zimbabwe
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