Figure 3.
A seasonal crop calendar for Kilolo men and women presents monthly farming activities for maize, tomatoes, and garlic from January to December.The heading reads Kilolo Men. Columns list months January, Feb, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, and December. Rows list Maize and Tomatoes. For Maize, the entries read Weeding and fertiliser, Ploughing, Harvesting green maize and marketing, and Harvesting. For Tomatoes, the entries read Weeding fertiliser and pesticides, Spraying fertiliser and pesticides, Spraying harvesting, and Slash and burn Storage. The next heading reads Kilolo Women. Rows list Maize, Tomatoes, and Garlic. For Maize, the entries read Weeding and fertiliser, Harvesting and storage, and Slash and burn. For Tomatoes, the entries read Transplanting, Weeding, fertiliser and pesticide, and Slash and burn Ploughing. For Garlic, the entries read Land preparation and planting, and Irrigation, fertiliser, and pesticides. A legend lists Weeding, Plantung, Planting, Storage, Harvesting, and Ploughing.

Crop management tasks are broken down by month, as reported by the 22 men and 16 women who attended a farming workshop in the Kilolo area of Tanzania in October

Note(s): The logograms show the gender of those who took part

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