Maize stover transfers from maize fields to banana-based agroforestry homegardens and the corresponding nutrient flows in central-northern Tanzania
Maize (Zea mays) stover produced in the drier lowland areas on the volcanic foot slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro serves as an important additional fodder for smallholder zero-grazed dairy cattle farming in the humid highland areas of the region. The obtained cattle manure is used to replenish nutrients...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2023-07-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Forests and Global Change |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1131328/full |