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creators_name: Chivasa, W
creators_name: Harris, D
creators_name: Nyamudeza, P
icrisatcreators_name: Chivasa, W
affiliation: ICRISAT(Bulawayo)
affiliation: University of Wales(Gwynedd)
affiliation: Save Valley Experiment Station(Chipinge)
country: Zimbabwe
country: UK
title: On-farm seed priming: a key technology to improve crop establishment and yield in semi-arid tropics
ispublished: pub
subjects: S1.5
subjects: s1.4
full_text_status: public
abstract: Sorghum is one of the major rainfed crops grown in semi-arid Zimbabwe and is quite drought-tolerant. Nevertheless, land allocated to sorghum is often reduced because seed is in short supply. This is because of persistent droughts and low crop yields which lead to the consumption of all the grain that is harvested, so very little is retained for seed. Any agronomic interventions that increase the proportion of sown seed that emerges and also increase the rate of emergence will significantly help farmers reduce costs incurred by seed purchases and labor. The following is a report of participatory on-farm research conducted in Musikavanhu Communal Area, Chipinge, Zimbabwe, with the objective of developing and testing sorghum seed priming techniques.
date: 2001
date_type: published
publication: International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter
volume: 42
publisher: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
pagerange: 112-113
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1023-487X
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citation:   Chivasa, W and Harris, D and Nyamudeza, P  (2001) On-farm seed priming: a key technology to improve crop establishment and yield in semi-arid tropics.  International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter, 42.  pp. 112-113.  ISSN 1023-487X     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/1862/1/ISMN42_112-113_2001.pdf