Conservation agriculture can enhance maize productivity in high-rainfall regions: Nine-year evidence from Northern Zambia

No abstract is available for this paper.

• Publication year

  2025

• Venue

  Journal of Agriculture and Food Research

• Publication date

  2025-08-01

• Fields of study

  Not labeled

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.jafr.2025.102082
• External record

  Open on Semantic Scholar

• Source metadata

  Semantic Scholar

• No claims are published for this paper.

• No concepts are published for this paper.

• Increasing Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) Content through Tillage Systems Management to Improve Soil Structure

  2024cited by this paper
• Short-term yield gains or long-term sustainability? – a synthesis of Conservation Agriculture long-term experiments in Southern Africa

  2022cited by this paper
• Conservation Agriculture as a Sustainable System for Soil Health: A Review

  2022cited by this paper
• No-till and carbon stocks: Is deep soil sampling necessary? Insights from long-term experiments

  2021cited by this paper
• A Review on the Effect of Soil Compaction and its Management for Sustainable Crop Production

  2021cited by this paper
• Long-term effects of crop rotation, tillage, and fertilizer nitrogen on soil health indicators and crop productivity in a temperate climate

  2021cited by this paper
• Long-term conservation agriculture improves water properties and crop productivity in a Lixisol

  2021cited by this paper
• The crucial role of mulch to enhance the stability and resilience of cropping systems in southern Africa

  2021cited by this paper
• The soil microbial hydrolytic activity, content of nitrogen and organic carbon were enhanced by organic farming management using cover crops and composts in potato cultivation

  2020cited by this paper
• Assessing the Impacts of Tillage and Mulch on Soil Erosion and Corn Yield

  2020cited by this paper
• Impacts of conservation agriculture on soil structure and hydraulic properties of Malawian agricultural systems

  2020cited by this paper
• From plot to scale: ex-ante assessment of conservation agriculture in Zambia

  2019cited by this paper
• Factors affecting variations of soil pH in different horizons in hilly regions

  2019cited by this paper
• Dis-incentivizing sustainable intensification? The case of Zambia’s maize-fertilizer subsidy program

  2019cited by this paper
• Soil nutrient loss through erosion: Impact of different cropping systems and soil amendments in Ghana

  2018cited by this paper
• Complementary practices supporting conservation agriculture in southern Africa. A review

  2018cited by this paper
• Critical review of the impacts of grazing intensity on soil organic carbon storage and other soil quality indicators in extensively managed grasslands

  2018cited by this paper
• Introductory Chapter: Relevance of Soil pH to Agriculture

  2018cited by this paper
• How climate-smart is conservation agriculture (CA)? – its potential to deliver on adaptation, mitigation and productivity on smallholder farms in southern Africa

  2017cited by this paper
• SoilGrids250m: Global gridded soil information based on machine learning

  2017cited by this paper
• How does tillage intensity affect soil organic carbon? A systematic review

  2017cited by this paper
• Factors explaining the low and variable profitability of fertilizer application to maize in Zambia

  2017cited by this paper
• Medium-term effects of conservation agriculture on soil quality

  2017cited by this paper
• Cover Crop Residue Amount and Quality Effects on Soil Organic Carbon Mineralization

  2017cited by this paper
• Long-Term Experiments with cropping systems: Case studies on data analysis

  2016cited by this paper
• A Comparative Nitrogen Balance and Productivity Analysis of Legume and Non-legume Supported Cropping Systems: The Potential Role of Biological Nitrogen Fixation

  2016cited by this paper
• Evaluating manual conservation agriculture systems in southern Africa

  2016cited by this paper
• Long term tillage, cover crop, and fertilization effects on microbial community structure, activity: Implications for soil quality

  2015cited by this paper
• Crop production and soil water management in conservation agriculture, no-till, and conventional tillage systems in Malawi

  2015cited by this paper
• Temperature extremes: Effect on plant growth and development

  2015cited by this paper
• Yield response of maize (Zea mays L.) to conservation agriculture cropping system in Southern Africa

  2015cited by this paper
• Crop residue management and soil health: A systems analysis

  2015cited by this paper
• Dissecting genetic and non-genetic sources of long-term yield trend in German official variety trials

  2014cited by this paper
• Meta-analysis of crop responses to conservation agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa

  2014cited by this paper
• Why do we need to standardize no-tillage research?

  2014cited by this paper
• Soil organic carbon storage in a no-tillage chronosequence under Mediterranean conditions

  2014cited by this paper
• The contribution of crop residues to changes in soil pH under field conditions

  2013cited by this paper
• Adapting maize production to climate change in sub-Saharan Africa

  2013cited by this paper
• Integration of conservation agriculture in smallholder farming systems of southern Africa: identification of key entry points

  2013cited by this paper
• Climate Change Impacts on Global Food Security

  2013cited by this paper
• Maize production in a changing climate: Impacts, adaptation, and mitigation strategies

  2012cited by this paper
• A meta-analysis of long-term effects of conservation agriculture on maize grain yield under rain-fed conditions

  2011cited by this paper
• AGRICULTURAL POLICIES AND FOOD SECURITY OF SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN ZAMBIA

  2011cited by this paper
• Mountains of Maize, Persistent Poverty

  2011cited by this paper
• Can no-tillage stimulate carbon sequestration in agricultural soils? A meta-analysis of paired experiments

  2010cited by this paper
• Waterlogging and Plant Nutrient Uptake.

  2010cited by this paper
• Climate Effects on Food Security: An Overview

  2010cited by this paper
• Impact of conservation agriculture on runoff, soil loss and crop yield on a Vertisol in the northern Ethiopian highlands.

  2010cited by this paper
• ROTATION IN CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS OF ZAMBIA: EFFECTS ON SOIL QUALITY AND WATER RELATIONS

  2010cited by this paper
• Deep soil organic matter—a key but poorly understood component of terrestrial C cycle

  2010cited by this paper
• Socioeconomic and institutional factors influencing adoption of conservation farming by vulnerable households in Zimbabwe

  2009cited by this paper
• Biological nitrogen fixation in resource-poor agriculture in South Africa

  2009cited by this paper
• Conservation Agriculture and Soil Carbon Sequestration: Between Myth and Farmer Reality

  2009cited by this paper
• No-tillage and soil-profile carbon sequestration : An on-farm assessment

  2008cited by this paper
• Why are agricultural impacts of climate change so uncertain? The importance of temperature relative to precipitation

  2008cited by this paper
• An integrated approach to evaluate the impacts of the herbicides glyphosate, 2,4-D and metsulfuron-methyl on soil microbial communities in the Pampas region, Argentina

  2008cited by this paper
• THE BIODIVERSITY SUPPORT PROGRAM IYwmber 2 , May 1999 Using Natural Fertilizers in Miombo Woodlands

  2007cited by this paper
• No-till effects on organic matter, pH, cation exchange capacity and nutrient distribution in a Luvisol in the semi-arid subtropics

  2007cited by this paper
• Assessing soil fertility decline in the tropics using soil chemical data

  2006cited by this paper
• Soil water retention as affected by tillage and residue management in semiarid Spain

  2006cited by this paper
• Stable high yields with zero tillage and permanent bed planting

  2005cited by this paper
• Effect of tied-ridging on soil water status of a maize crop under Malawi conditions

  2000cited by this paper
• Soil penetration resistance, root growth and yield of maize as influenced by tillage system on ridges in Malawi

  1997cited by this paper
• Adjustment Policies, Peasant Household Resource Allocation and Deforestation in Northern Zambia: An Overview and Some Policy Conclusions

  1997cited by this paper
• Calculation of organic matter and nutrients stored in soils under contrasting management regimes

  1995cited by this paper
• Procedures for soil analysis

  1995cited by this paper
• Applications of stability analysis for single-site, long-term experiments

  1994cited by this paper
• Peasant household modelling: Farming systems evolution and sustainability in northern Zambia

  1993cited by this paper
• Factor analysis and AIC

  1987cited by this paper
• A shifting cultivation land use system under population pressure in Zambia

  1987cited by this paper
• A new look at the statistical model identification

  1974cited by this paper

• Balancing Soil Fertility and Water Resource Management for Sustainable Environment

  2026cites this paper