Scaling-Up Sustainable Cropping Practices: 'Zia' and 'Micro-dosing'

This data study explores raising and sustaining productivity in cereal-legume cropping systems in northern Ghana. About the project. Project title: AfricaRISING - Sustainable Intensification of Cereal-Based Farming Systems in the Guinea-Sudan-Savanna of Ghana and Mali. Project abstract: In Ghana, Zi...

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Autores principales: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Savannah Agricultural Research Institute
Formato: Conjunto de datos
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/144638
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Savannah Agricultural Research Institute
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description This data study explores raising and sustaining productivity in cereal-legume cropping systems in northern Ghana. About the project. Project title: AfricaRISING - Sustainable Intensification of Cereal-Based Farming Systems in the Guinea-Sudan-Savanna of Ghana and Mali. Project abstract: In Ghana, Zia has been successfully been introduced on a limited scale to farmers in the East Gonja, East Mamprusi districts in the Northern region and Guru and Builsa district in Upper East region Presbyterian Agricultural Services. However, Zia farming is an innovative technology which involves the burial of manure/organic matter in holes/ pits and planting the crop later on top of the pit. The objectives of this study are to evaluate and disseminate the Zia and fertilizer Micro-dosing techniques on-farm; to undertake cost benefit analysis of the Zia and fertilizer Micro-dosing; to explore the potential increase in grain yield of Zia and fertilizer Micro-dosing over farmers practice in the Africa RISING intervention communities; to undertake comparative analysis of the effect of Zia and fertilizer Micro-dosing on maize,sorghum, and millet. Project website: http://africa-rising.net http://africa-rising.net/where-we-work/west-africa/
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spelling CGSpace1446382025-04-24T19:51:16Z Scaling-Up Sustainable Cropping Practices: 'Zia' and 'Micro-dosing' International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Savannah Agricultural Research Institute sorghum maize millets environment livelihoods food security This data study explores raising and sustaining productivity in cereal-legume cropping systems in northern Ghana. About the project. Project title: AfricaRISING - Sustainable Intensification of Cereal-Based Farming Systems in the Guinea-Sudan-Savanna of Ghana and Mali. Project abstract: In Ghana, Zia has been successfully been introduced on a limited scale to farmers in the East Gonja, East Mamprusi districts in the Northern region and Guru and Builsa district in Upper East region Presbyterian Agricultural Services. However, Zia farming is an innovative technology which involves the burial of manure/organic matter in holes/ pits and planting the crop later on top of the pit. The objectives of this study are to evaluate and disseminate the Zia and fertilizer Micro-dosing techniques on-farm; to undertake cost benefit analysis of the Zia and fertilizer Micro-dosing; to explore the potential increase in grain yield of Zia and fertilizer Micro-dosing over farmers practice in the Africa RISING intervention communities; to undertake comparative analysis of the effect of Zia and fertilizer Micro-dosing on maize,sorghum, and millet. Project website: http://africa-rising.net http://africa-rising.net/where-we-work/west-africa/ 2015 2024-06-04T09:44:20Z 2024-06-04T09:44:20Z Dataset https://hdl.handle.net/10568/144638 en Open Access International Food Policy Research Institute International Institute of Tropical Agriculture; Savannah Agricultural Research Institute. 2015. Scaling-Up Sustainable Cropping Practices: 'Zia' and 'Micro-dosing'. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/J6BHT8. Harvard Dataverse. Version 1.
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maize
millets
environment
livelihoods
food security
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Savannah Agricultural Research Institute
Scaling-Up Sustainable Cropping Practices: 'Zia' and 'Micro-dosing'
title Scaling-Up Sustainable Cropping Practices: 'Zia' and 'Micro-dosing'
title_full Scaling-Up Sustainable Cropping Practices: 'Zia' and 'Micro-dosing'
title_fullStr Scaling-Up Sustainable Cropping Practices: 'Zia' and 'Micro-dosing'
title_full_unstemmed Scaling-Up Sustainable Cropping Practices: 'Zia' and 'Micro-dosing'
title_short Scaling-Up Sustainable Cropping Practices: 'Zia' and 'Micro-dosing'
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topic sorghum
maize
millets
environment
livelihoods
food security
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