Green manure for soil fertility and weed management in organic farming systems

Adolf Saria, PhD, Tanzania

Green manure for soil fertility and weed management in organic farming systems: Development of a strategy that combines soil fertility enhancement and weed control to increase productivity in high value crops like sweet pepper.

By using leguminous cover crops as green manure the aim is to avert soil fertility and pest management problems in agro-ecological friendly agriculture. The leguminous cover crop/ green manure has a role of conserving soil chemical and physical characteristics and moisture, providing nutrients, significantly suppressing weeds and at the same time enhance the numbers of natural enemies of insect pests by providing them with suitable habitat, humidity, protection and alternative prey.

Adolf Saria, PhD

Sokoine University of Agriculture- Tanzania

Enrolment date: June 2014

Main Supervisor: K. Sibuga

External Supervisor: H.H. Jensen

Adolf Saria graduated in November 2019. He is currently working as a researcher (Head of National Performance Trials (NPT)) at Tanzania Official Seed Certification Institute (TOSCI) located within Sokoine Agricultural University Main Campus in Morogoro.

He set and supervise nationwide trials for evaluation of the "Values for Cultivation and Use" and performance of new varieties crops, and write for the release of the new varieties.

Contact

ADOLF SARIA (adolf8358@yahoo.com)

Phone: +255 788 259 019 or +255 754 493 551

Emails: adolfsaria@gmail.com, adolf8358@yahoo.com, adolf.saria@tosci.go.tz

Tanzania Official Seed Certification Institute (TOSCI), P.O Box 1056, Morogoro, Tanzania.