Studies of mechanized tillage systems for maize and cassava in different soils and ecological zones in Ghana
1999
Twum, A., Agric. Engineering Dept., Knust, Kumasi
The objectives of the research reported here was to study and demonstrate the relative impacts of eight alternative pre-planting cultivation systems on the yield and economics for continuous mechanised production of maize and cassava on different soils and ecological zones in Ghana. The information coming out of the study would be useful for farmers who produce continuous crops under mechanised farming system in the Regions, and would offer other tillage implement alternatives to the popular disc plough and disc harrow.Two series of experiments were conducted at Atebubu in the forest savanna tine harrow in eight combinations. Transition zone, and Anwomaso-Kumasi in the semi-deciduous forest zone of Ghana in 1997 and 1998, using maize and cassava as test crops, and six tractor mounted implements of disc plough, chisel plough, sub-soiler, rotovator, disc harrow and a tine harrow in eight combinations.
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