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Levis Kavagi

United Nations Environment Programme

Nairobi

Kenya

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Optimizing straw returning depth as a plastic film alternative for sustainable maize production in semi-arid Eastern African Plateau

STILL-D-26-01967
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 04 Jun 2026
Alex Ndolo Munyasya, Sylvia Ngaira Indoshi, Fu-Jian Mei, Wesly Kiprotich Cheruiyot, Delphine Gisacho Nyanchera, Yang Wang, Nan Chang, Xian-Peng Li, David Mburu, Hong-Yan Tao, Losenge Turoop, Simon Ngulu, Eng Shitanda Douglas, Levis Kavagi, Uniter Chepkorir and You-Cai Xiong
Lanzhou University, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou University - State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-Ecosystem, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou University, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Lanzhou University, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, South Eastern Kenya University, South Eastern Kenya University, United Nations Environment Programme, Lanzhou University and Lanzhou University
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Straw incorporation depth, Plastic-film mulching, Soil hydrothermal status, Root zone environment, Nutrient mineralization, Greenhouse gas emission

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Subsoil water buffering: Mechanisms underlying yield resilience in ancient rain-harvesting farming system

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 27 Jun 2026
Shu-Tong Liu, Jun-Min Jin, Peng-Yang Wang, Hong-Yan Tao, Fei Mo, Wesly Kiprotich Cheruiyot, Alex Ndolo Munyasya, Xiao-Bin Xiong, Losenge Turoop, Sylvia Ngaira Indoshi, Levis Kavagi and You-Cai Xiong
Lanzhou University, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou University, Northwest A&F University, Lanzhou University - State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-Ecosystem, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou University, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Lanzhou University, United Nations Environment Programme and Lanzhou University
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Rainwater-harvesting farming, Soil moisture temporal stability, Root distribution, Evapotranspiration partitioning, Subsoil moisture temporal buffering theory.