Evaluating the effects of integrated nutrient management and insitu rainwater harvesting on maize production in dry regions of Zimbabwe

Abstract

Moisture stress and inherent soil fertility caused huge loss in crop production. The use of insitu rainwater harvestingand integrated nutrient management can improve soil health and crop production. The Objective of the study was toevaluate the effects of integrated nutrient management and insitu rainwater harvesting on maize productivity in dryregions of Zimbabwe. Experiment was laid out as a factorial with three main factors which include cattle manure,insitu rainwater harvesting and inorganic manure. Data was collected from harvested net plot to obtain maize grainand stover yields for two growing years. Data was analysed based on analysis of variance using IBM SPSS version25 and means which were significant different were separated using least significant different. The results show thatthere was significant different (p