Results from the Fertilizer demonstration experiment with maize at IOP Farm in Iringa, Tanzania in 2019

In 2019, an experiment was run at the IOP farm in Tanzania. Five nutrient management treatments were combined in a full factorial setup with two tillage options. The lowest maize yield was obtained under conventional tillage without fertilizer application, and the highest maize yield with reduced ti...

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Main Authors: Mtakwa, Pete, Urio, Ndelilio A., Mtakwa, Alpha Peter, Brentrup, Frank, Assey, Peter, Loon, Marloes P. van, Hijbeek, Renske, Berge, Hein F.M. ten, Ittersum, Martin van
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Published: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107752
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author Mtakwa, Pete
Urio, Ndelilio A.
Mtakwa, Alpha Peter
Brentrup, Frank
Assey, Peter
Loon, Marloes P. van
Hijbeek, Renske
Berge, Hein F.M. ten
Ittersum, Martin van
author_browse Assey, Peter
Berge, Hein F.M. ten
Brentrup, Frank
Hijbeek, Renske
Ittersum, Martin van
Loon, Marloes P. van
Mtakwa, Alpha Peter
Mtakwa, Pete
Urio, Ndelilio A.
author_facet Mtakwa, Pete
Urio, Ndelilio A.
Mtakwa, Alpha Peter
Brentrup, Frank
Assey, Peter
Loon, Marloes P. van
Hijbeek, Renske
Berge, Hein F.M. ten
Ittersum, Martin van
author_sort Mtakwa, Pete
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description In 2019, an experiment was run at the IOP farm in Tanzania. Five nutrient management treatments were combined in a full factorial setup with two tillage options. The lowest maize yield was obtained under conventional tillage without fertilizer application, and the highest maize yield with reduced tillage and the highest NPK fertilizer level combined with micronutrients. This highest NKP fertilizer level targeted 70% of water-limited yield. Furthermore, it was shown that P and K were used more efficient under reduced tillage compared to conventional tillage, while there was no difference in N use efficiency between the two tillage options. In addition, a number of field visits was organized. From the six villages surrounding the farm a total of 120 farmers made at least 4 visits to the experiment once in every month between February and June. That brings the number of farmers that learned from the 2018 trial to 480+.
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spelling CGSpace1077522025-12-08T09:54:28Z Results from the Fertilizer demonstration experiment with maize at IOP Farm in Iringa, Tanzania in 2019 Mtakwa, Pete Urio, Ndelilio A. Mtakwa, Alpha Peter Brentrup, Frank Assey, Peter Loon, Marloes P. van Hijbeek, Renske Berge, Hein F.M. ten Ittersum, Martin van climate change agriculture food security nutrient management tillage yield gap fertilizer In 2019, an experiment was run at the IOP farm in Tanzania. Five nutrient management treatments were combined in a full factorial setup with two tillage options. The lowest maize yield was obtained under conventional tillage without fertilizer application, and the highest maize yield with reduced tillage and the highest NPK fertilizer level combined with micronutrients. This highest NKP fertilizer level targeted 70% of water-limited yield. Furthermore, it was shown that P and K were used more efficient under reduced tillage compared to conventional tillage, while there was no difference in N use efficiency between the two tillage options. In addition, a number of field visits was organized. From the six villages surrounding the farm a total of 120 farmers made at least 4 visits to the experiment once in every month between February and June. That brings the number of farmers that learned from the 2018 trial to 480+. 2020-02-20 2020-03-13T14:35:14Z 2020-03-13T14:35:14Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107752 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Mtakwa PW, Urio NA, Mtakwa AP, Brentrup F, Assey P, van Loon M, Hijbeek R, ten Berge H, van Ittersum M. 2020. Results from the Fertilizer demonstration experiment with maize at IOP Farm in Iringa, Tanzania in 2019. CCAFS Report. Wageningen, The Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
spellingShingle climate change
agriculture
food security
nutrient management
tillage
yield gap
fertilizer
Mtakwa, Pete
Urio, Ndelilio A.
Mtakwa, Alpha Peter
Brentrup, Frank
Assey, Peter
Loon, Marloes P. van
Hijbeek, Renske
Berge, Hein F.M. ten
Ittersum, Martin van
Results from the Fertilizer demonstration experiment with maize at IOP Farm in Iringa, Tanzania in 2019
title Results from the Fertilizer demonstration experiment with maize at IOP Farm in Iringa, Tanzania in 2019
title_full Results from the Fertilizer demonstration experiment with maize at IOP Farm in Iringa, Tanzania in 2019
title_fullStr Results from the Fertilizer demonstration experiment with maize at IOP Farm in Iringa, Tanzania in 2019
title_full_unstemmed Results from the Fertilizer demonstration experiment with maize at IOP Farm in Iringa, Tanzania in 2019
title_short Results from the Fertilizer demonstration experiment with maize at IOP Farm in Iringa, Tanzania in 2019
title_sort results from the fertilizer demonstration experiment with maize at iop farm in iringa tanzania in 2019
topic climate change
agriculture
food security
nutrient management
tillage
yield gap
fertilizer
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107752
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