Effects of Integrating Deficit irrigation and Carbonate Foliar Fertilizers into the System of Rice Intensification on Growth and Yield: A Case study of Mkindo Irrigation Scheme, Tanzania

SRI AFRICA June 29, 2022 0 Comments

Individually, the System of Rice Intensification (SRI), deficit irrigation and foliar fertilizer application have proved to be effective in enhancing rice growth and yield, however, the information on their combined effects is limitedly known. Therefore, a study was conducted to evaluate the effects of integrating deficit irrigation and carbonate foliar fertilizer (Lithovit) application into SRI on rice growth and yield. This study was conducted in Mkindo Irrigation scheme in Mvomero, Morogoro, Tanzania during the dry and wet season (October 2020 to June 2021). The experiment was laid out in a split plot design with three levels of irrigation for main plots which were 100% of the irrigation water requirement (40mm) imitating the SRI

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Agriculture and Food Sovereignty (CS Fund) Application link, Funding: under $50,000, Deadline: First Monday in Aug.

SRI AFRICA May 23, 2022 0 Comments

Food Sovereignty is the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and to define their own food and agriculture systems. Food sovereignty is deeply connected to global struggles for a more socially just and sustainable world and necessary for a just transition to a regenerative economy […]

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Fund for Innovation in Development (primarily for Sub-Saharan Africa)

SRI AFRICA May 23, 2022 0 Comments

The ambition and objectives of FID The ambition of FID is to support innovation in the service the fight against poverty and inequality. It allows innovators from all types of organizations – research institutions, NGOs, governments, companies – to test new ideas, experiment and demonstrate what works on the basis of proven scientific evaluation approaches, […]

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