The word extinction has always been associated with world life (animals and plants). But today, this word is closer to the human race more than ever before. The more humans interact with wold animals the closer they bring their race to extinction. In their efforts to be the most fashionable
Month: September 2020
Community Based Natural Resource Management
It is common knowledge that trees contribute to the world’s water cycle. However, very few people look at a tree and think to themselves, “there is my water source.” It is much easier to think of them as carbon sinks maybe because of their very visible green leaves which actively
Water
Someone once said that it is anticipated that the next world war would be about water! At face value this sounds like child’s talk but upon analyzing the impacts of climate change critically, I realise water is one of the most limiting natural resources in agricultural production and yet it
CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE
In the field above, once the planting basins were completed, the farmer used cattle manure and leaves of Gliricidia fadherbia (Agroforestry tree) in the basins to help improve the soil biophysical properties including water holing capacity which in turn facilitates water use efficiency.
COVID 19
Just like everything else had to either come to a stop or slowdown, school was also not spared due the corona virus pandemic that brought the world to a stand still. This was a very big challenge as it meant that the world as we all know it had to
SOFTWARE
I recently learned how to use the Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT), a cropping system modelling software used to simulate crop growth, development and yield using modules of soil, weather and cultivar genetics. DSSAT
Research Article
My research was about modelling routes for legume integration into maize systems in Zambia for water use efficiency. Small holder farmers in Zambia are faced with challenges of land ownership, agricultural input availability and water stress. Also, agricultural land is characterized with eroded and depleted soils, yet the country’s agriculture