TITLE:
Enhancement of Tomato Production Using the Tabletop Micro Gardening Technique in Dakar
AUTHORS:
Amadou Bouye Seydi, Toffene Diome, Nadina Zuleika Leite, Ababacar Sy Diallo, Amadou Diouf, Pape Mbacké Sembéne
KEYWORDS:
Tomato, Mongolian Variety, Micro Gardening, Table, Dakar
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Applied Sciences,
Vol.15 No.5,
May
26,
2025
ABSTRACT: Tomato is one of the main agro-industrial crops in the Senegal River Valley (VFS), more precisely in the Saint-Louis region. The departments concerned are Dagana and Podor. Given the production deficit to meet the needs of rural dwellers, the micro-gardening technique was initiated in order to compensate here and there for the few needs of urban dwellers in fresh tomatoes. It is in this context that this study was developed with the aim of supporting the needs of city dwellers. The study was conducted on 21 micro-gardening tables with the Mongal variety repeated 4 times per table on an area of ½ m2 which were selected, after transplanting at a rate of 04 plants per table. The average per table leg gives average values of 634.09 ± 39.09 g for leg 1, for leg 2 we find 608.28 ± 31.47 g, for leg No. 3 an average of 596.09 ± 28.89 g, finally for leg 4 a value of 586.95 ± 38.71 g, The analysis of variance gives (P = 0.564). However, we note a significant difference with (P =