The potential benefits and trade-offs of using sub-surface water retention technology on coarse-textured soils: Impacts of water and nutrient saving on maize production and soil carbon sequestration

In Sub-Saharan Africa, several smallholder communities continuously grapple with soil-based poverty as the coarse-textured soils on which they eke out a living have low water and nutrient retention capacities. The new sub-surface water retention technology (SWRT), is based on the subsurface installa...

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Main Authors:	Nkurunziza, Libère, Chirinda, Ngonidzashe, Lana, Marcos A., Sommer, Rolf, Karanja Ng'ang'a, Stanley, Rao, Idupulapati M., Romero Sánchez, Miguel Antonio, Kuyak, Shem, Quintero, Marcela, Lewu, Francis, Joel, Abraham, Nyamadzawo, George, Smucker, Alvin
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Frontiers Media 2019
Subjects:	maize hygroscopicity higroscopicidad crop production producción vegetal soil organic carbon smallholder farmers africa south of sahara nutrients horticulture ecology food science
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/103405