Abstract
Maize is a staple summer crop grown in the hilly areas of Nepal, where the soil is fragile and fertility is declining over years due primarily to degradation of natural resource base, high rates of soil erosion, increased cropping intensity and inadequate replenishment of soil nutrients. Forum for Rural Welfare and Agricultural Reform for Development (FORWARD) with the financial support from Hill Maize Research Program (HMRP/CYMMIT) conducted eight Integrated Plant Nutrient Systems (IPNS) trials, 16 Farm Yard Manure (FYM) improvement demonstrations and 16 conservation farming demonstrations each year through two women farmer groups since 2003 in Makawanpur District in order to raise the awareness of farmers on sustainable soil management practices through better utilization of locally available and external resources. The three years' trial results revealed that the maize crop with IPNS (15 t ha-1 FYM + 60:30:30 NPK kg ha-1) was better with respect to crop vigor and grain yields compared to the control treatment (farmers' practice with FYM and urea top dressing). The Improved cultivar with IPNS practices increased the grain yield by 64% (p
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Claim · model-written summary
Integrated nutrient management improved maize crop vigor relative to farmer practice.
- Treatment
- IPNS (15 t ha-1 FYM + 60:30:30 NPK kg ha-1)e0
- Outcome
- crop vigore0
- Direction
- bettere0
- Comparator
- farmers' practice with FYM and urea top dressinge0
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Verbatim
e0“the maize crop with IPNS (15 t ha-1 FYM + 60:30:30 NPK kg ha-1) was better with respect to crop vigor and grain yields compared to the control treatment (farmers' practice with FYM and urea top dressing)”
Claim · model-written summary
Integrated nutrient management improved maize grain yield relative to farmer practice.
- Treatment
- IPNS (15 t ha-1 FYM + 60:30:30 NPK kg ha-1)e0
- Outcome
- grain yieldse0
- Direction
- bettere0
- Comparator
- farmers' practice with FYM and urea top dressinge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the maize crop with IPNS (15 t ha-1 FYM + 60:30:30 NPK kg ha-1) was better with respect to crop vigor and grain yields compared to the control treatment (farmers' practice with FYM and urea top dressing)”
Claim · model-written summary
The improved cultivar under IPNS increased maize grain yield by 64%; the following statistical text is truncated.
- Material
- Improved cultivare0
- Treatment
- IPNS practicese0
- Outcome
- grain yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 64%e0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The Improved cultivar with IPNS practices increased the grain yield by 64%”
t0“Maize-based Farming Systems”
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