The 2012 RUFORUM Biennial Conference is the third in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholers in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. The third Biennial Conference was attended by 657 participants.This record contains an extended abstract accepted under Integrated Crop Management
On Farm Evaluation of Legumes Biomass for the Management of Striga in Iringa District, Tanzania
Abstract:
A mother-baby trial using farmers’ groups was set up to evaluate
the effect of legumes biomass in the management of Striga in
Iringa district, Tanzania. A randomised complete block design
was used in the experimental lay-out. Two maize genotypes
namely Situka and IR-Maize and six selected legumes (cowpeas,
chickpeas, green gram, mucuna, canavalia and sunhemp) were
used. Preliminary results indicated that short crop rotations using
maize and cowpeas or sunhemp have the highest potential for
reducing Striga infestation and increasing maize productivity
against chemical herbicides.
Un essai mère-enfant à l’aide des groupes d’agriculteurs a été
mis en place pour évaluer l’effet de la biomasse des
légumineuses dans la gestion de Striga dans le district d’Iringa,
en Tanzanie. Un dispositif en blocs aléatoires complets a été
utilisé dans le plan expérimental. Deux génotypes de maïs à
savoir le Situka et le maïs- IR et six légumineuses sélectionnées
(le niébé, les pois chiches, les haricots velus, pois mascate,
canavalia et haschisch) ont été utilisées. Les résultats
préliminaires indiquent que la rotation courte des cultures en
utilisant le maïs et le niébé ou le haschisch ont le plus grand
potentiel de réduction de l’infestation de Striga et
d’augmentation de la productivité du maïs comparativement
aux herbicides chimiques.
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English
Extended abstracts submitted under Integrated Crop Management
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2012
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East Africa
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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