Equipment Modifications to a Mechanized Tied Ridge System of Cultivation

Abstract

Increasing acreages of marginal land in East Africa are being brought under the plough using conventional commercially available equipment. Cultivations with high-speed disc implements on dry soil in the preparation of fine consolidated seedbeds has had a deleterious effort on soil structure, chiefly from the point of view 'Of soil and water conservation. [6] Although the benefits of tie ridging have been appreciated and proven under certain conditions in Tanzania, [7, 8, 9] cultivation policy and recommendations have not been possible through Lack of a suitable, fully tested system.