"The 2010 RUFORUM Biennial Conference was the second in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholers in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme soil science and water management".
Integrating indigenous and scientific soil quality indicators for improved crop production
Abstract:
Research has improved understanding of technical indicators
of soil quality (TISQ) and their assessment criteria. Yet
knowledge on farmer-perceived indicators of soil quality remains
limited. The study intends to establish and validate indigenous
knowledge of soil quality indicators, improve local understanding
and contribute to the process of developing a farmer-friendly
soil quality monitoring (SQM) tool for use in land use planning.
The study will focus on documentation of farmers’ knowledge
and characterization of selected major local indicators of soil
quality (LISQ) by field and laboratory tests and experiments to
test their reliability.
La recherche a permis de mieux comprendre les indicateurs
techniques de la qualité du sol (TISQ) et leurs critères
d’évaluation. Pourtant, la connaissance sur les indicateurs de la
qualité du sol perçus par les agriculteurs reste limitée. L’étude
vise à établir et valider les connaissances autochtones des
indicateurs de la qualité des sols, à améliorer la compréhension
locale et à contribuer au processus d’élaboration d’un outil de
surveillance facile de la qualité des sols par les agriculteurs
(SQM), à utiliser dans la planification de l’utilisation des terres.
L’étude portera sur la documentation des connaissances des
agriculteurs et la caractérisation de certains indicateurs
principaux locaux de la qualité des sols (LISQ) sur terrain et au
moyen des essais au laboratoire et des expériences pour tester
leur fiabilité.
Language:
English
Date of publication:
2010
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Region Focus:
East Africa
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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Printed resource
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1331-1335
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