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Improved Soil Yield Water Productivity Raised-Bed Farming
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Wheat-maize trials show consistent benefits

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This paper summarises a nine-year experiment comparing different bed widths with traditional flat beds. Around one third less water was required on medium or wide beds and 7-8% less on narrow beds. Typical yield increases of around 10% were achieved for both wheat and maize. Importantly, despite the range of soils, climate and farmer practices these benefits were reproducible with different farmers and different regions. 2018

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