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ReviewHeliyon2024

A review of appropriate mechanisation systems for sustainable traditional grain production by smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa with particular reference to Zimbabwe.

Tinashe Madzivanzira, Brighton M Mvumi, Raymond M Nazare, Elijah Nyakudya, Florence Mtambanengwe, Paul Mapfumo

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Review in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Tinashe MadzivanziraDepartment of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe.
Brighton M MvumiDepartment of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe.
Raymond M NazareDepartment of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe.
Elijah NyakudyaFaculty of Agriculture, Environment and Food Systems, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe.
Florence MtambanengweFaculty of Agriculture, Environment and Food Systems, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe.
Paul MapfumoFaculty of Agriculture, Environment and Food Systems, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Climate change and variability is affecting the production of maize, a staple food in Zimbabwe, leading to the advocacy for production of traditional grains (sorghum, pearl millet and finger millet) as complementary crops for food and nutrition security; mainly because of their drought tolerance. Adoption of traditional grains as a climate change adaptation strategy is, however, limited by lack of appropriate field mechanisation technologies,

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Climate changeConservation agricultureFarm powerMechanisation technologiesMechanised crop establishment

Identifiers

PMID39281554
PMCPMC11400974

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