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On-farm trials were carried out in Muzarabani to assess the costs of different weed management options. The treatments were grouped into two options, mechanical and non-mechanical. Some of the treatment combinations included pre-emergence herbicides, alachlor and cyanazine tank mixed, applied overall or in a 30 cm band application along the crop row in combination with ploughs, cultivators and hoes for inter-row weeding. Overall, herbicide and herbicide combined with ox cultivator were the lowest cost weed management options. The highest productivity was achieved with overall herbicide and hand hoe combined with ox-cultivator.