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dc.contributor.authorMuyingo, E.
dc.contributor.authorTenywa, J.S.
dc.contributor.authorKiggundu, N.
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-07T23:46:31Z
dc.date.available2018-02-07T23:46:31Z
dc.date.issued2016-07-18
dc.identifier.citationMuyingo, E., Tenywa, J.S., Kiggundu, N. (2016). Mechanised multi-row seeding of finger millet. RUFORUM Working Document Series, 14 (2): 1095 - 1105.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1607-9345
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/5884
dc.descriptionPaper presented at the Fifth RUFORUM Biennial Regional Conference, 17-21 October 2016, Cape Town, South Africaen_US
dc.description.abstractFinger millet (Eleusine coracana L. Gaertn) in sub-Saharan Africa is produced at subsistence level by low income earners and particularly in drought prone areas. Unfortunately, production is affected by many factors most especially weeds. The effect of weeds is made more important because finger millet is sown by broadcasting. Row sowing of finger millet has been shown to significantly reduce finger millet weeding labour requirements to economic levels. Despite the great benefits associated with finger millet row sowing, the practice is still burdensome because it is a tedious and time wasting process. It is mostly done manually or with innefficient single-row seeding equipments. Research targeting mechanized crop production is greatly inclined to high powered equipment, not easily affordable by low income communities and mostly suited for large grains. Mechanised seeders currently availabale are used for large seeded crops and cannot be used for finger millet as their metering mechanisms releases big quantities of seed in a furrow, necessitating another tedeoud exercise of thinning. In order to solve the finger millet sowing associated drudgery, there is need to review the existing seeding mechanization efforts in order to come up with a design appropriate for tiny seeds that is multi-row, user friendly to low income communities, time saving and able to perform in the sandy soils of most finger millet growing parts of Uganda and elsewhere.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipRUFORUMen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRegional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agricultureen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesRUFORUM Working Document Series;14(2)
dc.subjectEleusine coracanaen_US
dc.subjectMechanized seederen_US
dc.subjectMultirow seederen_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.subjectWeedingen_US
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africaen_US
dc.subjectFinger milleten_US
dc.titleMechanised multi-row seeding of finger milleten_US
dc.typeConference paperen_US


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