Managing Nutrient Cycles to Sustain Soil Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author : André Bationo
Publisher : CIAT
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 33,67 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Nutrient cycles
ISBN : 9966240756
Integrated Soil Fertility Management in Africa
Author : Nteranya Sanginga
Publisher : CIAT
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 34,15 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Soil fertility
ISBN : 9290592613
Book Description
Forward. A call for integrated soil fertility management in Africa. Introduction. ISFM and the African farmer. Part I. The principles of ISFM: ISFM as a strategic goal, Fertilizer management within ISFM, Agro-minerals in ISFM, Organic resource management, ISFM, soil biota and soil health. Part II. ISFM practices: ISFM products and fields practices, ISFM practice in drylands, ISFM practice in savannas and woodlands, ISFM practice in the humid forest zone, Conservation Agriculture. Part III. The process of implementing ISFM: soil fertility diagnosis, soil fertility management advice, Dissemination of ISFM technologies, Designing an ISFM adoption project, ISFM at farm and landscape scales. Part IV. The social dimensions of ISFM: The role of ISFM in gender empowerment, ISFM and household nutrition, Capacity building in ISFM, ISFM in the policy arena, Marketing support for ISFM, Advancing ISFM in Africa. Appendices: Mineral nutrient contents of some common organic resources.
Soil Fertility Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author : W. Graeme Donovan
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 48,77 MB
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780821342367
Book Description
World Bank Technical Paper No. 408. This report is a critical review of the technical, economic, and institutional constraints on improving soil fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the actions recommended to address them. Action plans prepared for Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, and Mali examine the demand for and supply of mineral fertilizers, the exploitation of local mineral resources, the prevention of soil erosion and increasing soil-water retention, and soil fertility management using organic technologies and management practices.
Advances in Integrated Soil Fertility Management in sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Opportunities
Author : Andre Bationo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1091 pages
File Size : 29,19 MB
Release : 2016-08-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789402404715
Book Description
Food insecurity is a fundamental challenge to human welfare and economic growth in Africa. Low agricultural production leads to low incomes, poor nutrition, vulnerability to risk and threat and lack of empowerment. This book offers a comprehensive synthesis of agricultural research and development experiences from sub-Saharan Africa. The text highlights practical lessons from the sub-Saharan Africa region.
Innovations as Key to the Green Revolution in Africa
Author : Andre Bationo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1339 pages
File Size : 46,42 MB
Release : 2011-08-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 904812543X
Book Description
Africa can achieve self sufficiency in food production through adoption of innovations in the agriculture sector. Numerous soil fertility and crop production technologies have been generated through research, however, wide adoption has been low. African farmers need better technologies, more sustainable practices, and fertilizers to improve and sustain their crop productivity and to prevent further degradation of agricultural lands. The agricultural sector also needs to be supported by functional institutions and policies that will be able to respond to emerging challenges of globalization and climate change.
Improving the Profitability, Sustainability and Efficiency of Nutrients Through Site Specific Fertilizer Recommendations in West Africa Agro-Ecosystems
Author : Andre Bationo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 11,41 MB
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3319587897
Book Description
As part of its efforts to improve fertilizer use and efficiency in West Africa, and following the recent adoption of the West African fertilizer recommendation action plan (RAP) by ECOWAS, this volume focuses on IFDC's technical lead with key partner institutions and experts to build on previous and current fertilizer recommendations for various crops and countries in West Africa for wider uptake by public policy makers and fertilizer industry actors.
Advances in Integrated Soil Fertility Management in sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Opportunities
Author : Andre Bationo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1051 pages
File Size : 18,49 MB
Release : 2007-10-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1402057601
Book Description
Food insecurity is a fundamental challenge to human welfare and economic growth in Africa. Low agricultural production leads to low incomes, poor nutrition, vulnerability to risk and threat and lack of empowerment. This book offers a comprehensive synthesis of agricultural research and development experiences from sub-Saharan Africa. The text highlights practical lessons from the sub-Saharan Africa region.
Fertilizer Use in African Agriculture
Author :
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 28,34 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821368818
Book Description
The good practice guidelines - which form the basis of an interactive policymaker's tool kit included on a CD accompanying the book - relate not only to the more focused problem of encouraging increased fertilizer use by farmers, but also to the broader challenge of creating the type of enabling environment that is needed to support the emergence of efficient, dynamic and commercially viable fertilizer marketing systems."--Jacket.
Lessons learned from Long-term Soil Fertility Management Experiments in Africa
Author : Andre Bationo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 47,90 MB
Release : 2012-03-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9400729383
Book Description
This book elucidates the importance of long-term experiments in revealing evidence of soil fertility decline in Africa. An evaluation of experiences from on-going long-term experiments is given in broad detail. The first chapter explains the paradigm shift in soil fertility management then provides justification for long-term experiments before illuminating experiences from long-term experiments in East, West and Southern Africa. The second, sixth, eighth and ninth chapters give an in-depth account of crop management practices and soil fertility interventions in long-term trials within specific agro-ecological zones in West Africa. The rest of the chapters (chapter three, four, five and seven) address crop management, tillage practices and, organic and inorganic fertilizer applications in the context of long-term experiments in specific agro-ecological zones in East Africa.
Fighting Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Multiple Roles of Legumes in Integrated Soil Fertility Management
Author : Andre Bationo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 19,54 MB
Release : 2011-08-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9400715366
Book Description
Legumes play an important role in the cropping systems of sub Saharan Africa (SSA). Legumes are an important source of nutrition to both humans and livestock by providing the much needed protein, minerals, fibre and vitamins. The sale of legumes seed, leaves and fibre generates income for the marginalized communities especially women. Cultivation of legumes is essential for the regeneration of nutrient-deficient soils. By biologically fixing nitrogen (BNF) in the soil, legumes provide a relatively low-cost method of replacing otherwise expensive inorganic nitrogen in the soil. This enhances soil fertility and boosts subsequent cereal crop yields. Production of legumes in SSA is however; hampered by a number of constraints among them low and declining soil fertility, low soil pH, high salinity, drought and flooding, poor access to improved germplasm, diseases, pests and weeds. Farmers need to learn how to overcome these constraints if the full benefits of legumes are to be gained. This book presents a synthesis of research work on legumes and draws attention to the importance of legumes in integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) and poverty alleviation in SSA.
