Is conservation agriculture ‘climate-smart’ for maize farmers in the highlands of Tanzania?

Content Type: 
Curated Content
Author or Institution as Author: 
Anthony A. Kimaro
Co-authors: 

Mathew Mpanda Janie Rioux Ermias Aynekulu Samuel Shaba Margaret Thiong’oPaul Mutuo Sheila Abwanda Keith Shepherd Henry Neufeldt Todd S. Rosenstock

Funding Partner: 
Date of publication: 
October, 2016
Institution: 
Tanzania
Language: 
Gender marker: 
Youth marker: 
Description/Abstract: 

Conservation agriculture (CA) is promoted extensively to increase the productivity and environmental sustainability of maize production systems across sub-Saharan Africa and is often listed as a climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practice. However, the impacts of CA on food security, resilience/adaptive capacity and climate change mitigation are location-dependent and it is unknown whether CA can simultaneously address CSA’s multiple objectives. Here we evaluate four variations of CA: reduced tillage plus mulch (mulch), reduced tillage plus mulch and leguminous cover crop (Lablab), reduced tillage plus mulch and leguminous trees (CAWT), and reduced tillage plus mulch and nitrogen fertilizer (CA + F)—for their effect on CSA-relevant outcomes in highland Tanzania maize production.

Partners: 
Keywords: 
Conservation agriculture Productivity Environmental sustainability Maize production
Contact name (for further information): 
Anthony A. KimaroMathew MpandaJanie RiouxErmias AynekuluSamuel ShabaMargaret Thiong’oPaul MutuoSheila AbwandaKeith ShepherdHenry NeufeldtTodd S. Rosenstock
Contact institution (for further information): 
Tanzania
Citation: 

Anthony A. Kimaro, Mathew Mpanda, Janie Rioux, Ermias Aynekulu, Samuel Shaba, Margaret Thiong’o, Paul Mutuo, Sheila Abwanda, Keith Shepherd, Henry Neufeldt, Todd S. Rosenstock, 7/2016. Is conservation agriculture ‘climate-smart’ for maize farmers in the highlands of Tanzania?.

Country/Region: 
Tanzania

File Download Questionnaire

x

This mini-questionnaire helps us understand how people are accessing and using information products provided by the SAAIKS Knowledge Hub. Please fill in all the fields.

International Cooperating Partners

Partners

Get Connected With CCARDESA