Use of Tractor Mounted Ripper Tillage for Enhancing Soil Water Infiltration and Moisture Conservation in Semi-Arid Areas of Central Tanzania

This dataset presents the data used in the study undertaken in the semi-arid area of Kiteto District in the Babati Region to address the challenge of soil plow layer compaction mainly associated with continued use of tractor mounted plow discs and cattle trampling. Trials were arranged in a mother-baby set up during the 2018/2019 cropping season whereby baby trials allow wide exposure that enables appropriate socio-economic study conditions. The mother factorial experiment was arranged in a split-plot design with two tillage treatments: Conventional farmer practice i.e. conventional tillage which involves tractor-mounted plow (CT) and rip tillage (RT) and two improved maize varieties (commercial maize variety & DT maize Variety) thus giving a total of four treatment combinations.本数据集收录了坦桑尼亚巴巴蒂区基特托（Kiteto）半干旱地区相关研究所用的试验数据，该研究旨在解决主要由持续使用拖拉机悬挂圆盘犁以及牲畜踩踏所引发的土壤耕作层压实问题。试验于2018/2019种植季采用母子试验设计开展，其中子试验可实现大范围布设，从而满足适宜的社会经济研究条件。母因子试验采用裂区设计，设置两类耕作处理：一是常规农户耕作模式，即采用拖拉机悬挂圆盘犁的常规耕作（Conventional Tillage, CT）；二是撕裂耕作（Rip Tillage, RT）；同时设置两个改良玉米品种（商用玉米品种与抗旱玉米（DT maize）品种），由此共计形成四种处理组合。