Effects of tillage systems on soil quality in the Southwestern coast of Guatemala
This Project ended in 2015
IPNI-2015-GTM-12
Conservation agriculture is being promoted as a sustainable intensification alternative for farmers in the Southwestern coast of Guatemala. Its adoption, however, has been limited, especially by those who grow maize and sesame as a relay cropping system. Growth of sesame, which is planted by the end of the maize growth cycle, has been affected by excess soil moisture when grown under conservation tillage agriculture. Read more
Interpretive Summary
| 2015 | Conservation agriculture is being promoted as a sustainable intensification alternative for farmers in the Southwestern coast of Guatemala. Its adoption, however, has been limited, especially by those who grow maize and sesame as a relay cropping system. Growth of sesame, which is planted by the end of the maize growth cycle, has been affected by excess soil moisture when grown under conservation tillage agriculture. |
Project Leader
Project Cooperators
None
IPNI Staff
Armando S Tasistro
Location
Americas \ Central America \ GTM \ Suchitepéquez \ La Máquina