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Ridge-furrow mulching system in semiarid Kenya: A promising solution to improve soil water availability and maize productivity

Nguluu, Simon N.; Mo, Fei; Wang, Jian-Yong; Xiong, You-Cai; Li, Feng-Min (Elsevier, 2016-10)

In semiarid Kenya, field productivity of maize has been at a low integrity level due to insufficient use of rainwater use. From 2012 to 2013, an innovative ridge-furrow mulching system (RFMs) was tested using local maize ...
Ridge-furrow plastic-mulching with balanced fertilization in rainfed maize (Zea mays L.): An adaptive management in east African Plateau

Mo, Fei; Wang, Jian-Yong; Zhou, Hong; Luo, Chong-Liang; Zhang, Xiao-Feng; Li, Xiao-Yan; Li, Feng-Min; Xiong, Liang-Bing; Kavagi, Levis; Nguluu, Simon N.; Xiong, You-Cai (Elsevier Masson, 2017-04-15)

Adaptive management on rainfed agricultural ecosystem is crucial to improve field productivity and soil carbon sequestration under climate change, particularly in semiarid east African Plateau (EAP). We first introduced ...

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