Browsing Brage NMBU by Author "Shitumbanuma, Victor"
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Biochar effect on maize yield and soil characteristics in five conservation farming sites in Zambia
Cornelissen, Gerard; Martinsen, Vegard; Shitumbanuma, Victor; Alling, Vanja Karin Gunilla; Breedveld, Gijs D.; Rutherford, W.; Sparrevik, Lars Magnus; Hale, Sarah; Obia, Alfred; Mulder, Jan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Biochar addition to agricultural soils can improve soil fertility, with the added bonus of climate change mitigation through carbon sequestration. Conservation farming (CF) is precision farming, often combining minimum ... -
Effects of hand-hoe tilled conservation farming on soil quality and carbon stocks under on-farm conditions in Zambia
Martinsen, Vegard; Shitumbanuma, Victor; Mulder, Jan; Ritz, C.; Cornelissen, Gerard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Conservation farming (CF) has been promoted in Zambia since the 1980s. Despite long-term practice of CF in Zambia, its effect on soil fertility, including the storage of soil organic matter (SOM), on smallholder farms are ...