Resources Tagged: Maize

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  1. Save and Grow in Practice: A Guide to Sustainable Cereal Production

    The FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) has put together a guide about intensifying crop production in sustainable ways. The guide’s overview states, “The ‘Save and Grow’ model of crop production intensification, proposed by FAO, aims at increasing both yields and...
    Grain Crops Cereals Sustainable Agricu... Maize System of Rice Int...

  2. A Successful Approach to Field Cropping in Southern Africa

    01.01.2008 This method encourages faithfulness with all that God has given us—sun, soil, rain, time, seed and harvest—in order to experience the God-given potential of the land. The technique involves permanent planting stations, lots of mulch using crop residues, and careful management.
    Foundations For Fa... Field Cropping Maize Farming God's Way Conservation Farming Farming Systems

  3. Maize – Legume Intercrop Based on IITA 2-4-2 Design

    18.11.2015 Dr. Motis and Betsy Langford were introduced to the 2-4-2 system by Dr. B.B. Singh at the Ukulima Farm research station in South Africa in Feb. of 2015. They subsequently planned and conducted this experiment with other legumes at the main ECHO campus in North Fort Myers, Florida.
    Intercropping Maize Jackbean Mucuna Cowpea Legume

  4. A "2:4:2" Maize/Legume Intercropping Pattern

    18.10.2016 While doing legume intercropping research in South Africa (2010-2015), ECHO staff members learned about a system of cereal/cowpea production developed in Nigeria through research by IITA (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture) and national partners (Ajeigbe et al. 2010a, Ajeigbe et al....
    242 Intercropping ... Maize Legume Intercropping Conservation Agric... Strip Cropping

  5. Upland maize production systems: Strategies for sustainability

    15.11.2016 Market forces in Southeast Asia have encouraged the proliferation of Hybrid Maize (Corn) production systems among marginalized smallholder farmers throughout upland areas. This presentation will describe that system and how the system can become more efficient in order to increase financial...
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  6. Introduction of Maize Hybrids to Areas Currently Using Open-Pollinated Varieties

    19.07.1999 In Honduras, after Hurricane Mitch, several NGO's working with small farmers were concerned that cross-pollination occurring between the hybrid maize variety and existing open-pollinated varieties would reduce yields of both traditional varieties and the new, improved open-pollinated varieties in...
    Maize Plant Breeding

  7. The Green Famine

    01.10.2002 It is not uncommon for people to rely on crops that are not the most suitable for their region. Here is an example from Ethiopia with some suggestions for alternatives.
    Famine Maize Sorghum Millet Cassava Drought Farming Systems Green Famine

  8. Protecting Maize with “Weeds”

    01.10.2002 A habitat management system to control stemborers and striga has been developed by the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), along with Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture, the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), and IACR-Rothamsted of the UK. The system is called a...
    IPM Integrated Pest Ma... Crop Pests Maize

  9. The Value of Weeds in a Corn Field

    01.10.2002 During one rainy season 24 families in a Mexican village and 10 vendors at a regional market were regularly interviewed about type and quantity of weed use. Also the weed vegetation was surveyed and 49 farmers were interviewed concerning their farming practices and costs. All of the 74 weed...
    Wild Food Maize Dark Green Leafy V...

  10. Especially for Sub-Saharan Africa: Mother and Baby Maize Variety Trials

    20.07.2003 Testing of new varieties of maize is done in communities through what have been referred to as Mother and Baby Trials. If you are doing agricultural development work in Africa, you will want to read about—and perhaps become involved in—an exciting program that includes agriculturalists and...
    Maize Plant Breeding Participatory Methods West Africa East Africa