Raising crop productivity in Africa through intensification

Z Tadele - Agronomy, 2017 - mdpi.com
The population of Africa will double in the next 33 years to reach 2.5 billion by 2050.
Although roughly 60% of the continent's population is engaged in agriculture, the produce …

Nutrient management in African sorghum cropping systems: applying meta-analysis to assess yield and profitability

C Tonitto, JE Ricker-Gilbert - Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2016 - Springer
Declining soil fertility and limited farmer access to inorganic fertilizer frequently cause sub-
optimal grain yields throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Farm productivity is also at risk from …

Perceptions of climate variability and soil fertility management choices among smallholder farmers in northern Ghana

E Martey, JKM Kuwornu - Ecological Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
Climate variability and shocks threaten current systems of agricultural production and food
security in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), leading to the promotion of soil, and water …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing and understanding non-responsiveness of maize and soybean to fertilizer applications in African smallholder farms

D Roobroeck, CA Palm, G Nziguheba, R Weil… - Agriculture, ecosystems …, 2021 - Elsevier
Use of mineral fertilizers is essential to enhance crop productivity in smallholder farming
systems of Sub-Saharan Africa, but various studies have reported 'non-responsiveness' …

Socio-economic predictors, soil fertility knowledge domains and strategies for sustainable maize intensification in Embu County, Kenya

MW Mucheru-Muna, MA Ada, JN Mugwe, FS Mairura… - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
Abstract Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) practices are widely recognized as
crucial interventions but knowledge-intensive technologies for farmers in Sub-Saharan …

Integrated soil fertility management: from concept to practice in Eastern DR Congo

I Lambrecht, B Vanlauwe… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Many paradigms on sustainable agricultural intensification promote a combination of
different agricultural technologies. Whether such a paradigm survives in practice depends …

Motivations for the use of sustainable intensification practices among smallholder farmers in Tanzania and Malawi

IJ Jambo, JCJ Groot, K Descheemaeker… - … -Wageningen Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Agricultural techniques and technologies that could foster sustainable intensification of
farming (hereafter: SI practices) can originate from existing farm practices, from the adoption …

[HTML][HTML] Predictors of integrated soil fertility management practice among cocoa farmers in Ghana

AK Quaye, EK Doe, F Amon-Armah, A Arthur… - Journal of Agriculture …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study defines and estimates the proportion of organic and inorganic crop-land
husbandry practices in the composite of Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) by …

Crop management for climate-smart agriculture

P Bhattacharyya, H Pathak, S Pal… - Climate smart …, 2020 - Springer
Crop management contributes significantly to the three pillars of climate-smart agriculture
(CSA). It directly contributes to food security and effective crop establishment practices …

Phosphorus use efficiency of improved faba bean (Vicia faba) varieties in low‐input agro‐ecosystems

A Nebiyu, J Diels, P Boeckx - Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The use of phosphorus (P)‐efficient legumes is a prerequisite for sustainable intensification
of low‐input agro‐ecosystems. A study was undertaken in a farmer's field in the tropical …