The main purpose of the workshop was to exchange information and to improve linkages among research, extension, NGOs and farmers using improved fallow technology as an alternatives to commercial fertilizers. The widespread enthusiasm for improved fallows in Zambia has been prompted by the need to find practical solutions to acute problems in smallholder agricultural sector in Zambia, namely:- The declining productivity of soils due to continuous crop cultivation without adequate fertilization-The fact that the present short-duration weed or grass fallows of 1-5 years are inadequate to restore soil fertility- The prohibitive cost of fertilizers that farmers need to reverse the trend.
Publication year
1997
Authors
Kwesiga, F.R.; Phiri D M; Raunio A
Language
English
Keywords
agroforestry, crop yield, economic analysis, fallow, on-farm research, screening
Geographic
Zambia
