Spatial and temporal distribution of optimal maize sowing dates in Nigeria
Siyabusa Mkuhlani,
Eduardo Garcia Bendito,
Abdullahi I. Tofa
et al.
Abstract:Climate change and inter-annual variability cause variation in rainfall commencement and cessation which has consequences for the maize growing season length and thus impact yields. This study therefore sought to determine the spatially explicit optimum maize sowing dates to enable site specific recommendations in Nigeria. Gridded weather and soil data, crop management and cultivar were used to simulate maize yield from 1981–2019 at a scale of 0.5°. A total of 37 potential sowing dates between 1 March and 7 No… Show more
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