Improving the Profitability, Sustainability and Efficiency of Nutrients Through Site Specific Fertilizer Recommendations in West Africa Agro-Ecosystems Volume 2 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bationo, Andre (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ngaradoum, Djimasbé (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Youl, Sansan (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Lompo, Francois (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Fening, Joseph Opoku (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Agriculture.; Ecosystems.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Soil Science & Conservation.

Improving fertilizer recommendations for increased return from fertilizer investments and optimized crop response to fertilizer has been a major area of investigation of IFDC. Since 2008, IFDC through its Natural Resource Management (NRM) Program has partnered with national agricultural research ser...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1. Combining the DSSAT Model and the Experiment to Update the Recommendations of Doses of Fertilizer for the Cultivation of Rice and Maize in Burkina Faso
• 2. Participatory Evaluation of Productivity, Fertility Management, and Dissemination of Irrigated Exotic Vegetables in the Sahel, West Africa
• 3. Recommendation of a New Dose of Fertilizer on Rice in the Irrigated Perimeters of the Niger River Valley
• 4. The Interactive Effect of Residue Quality, Quantity, Soil Texture and N Management on Maize Crop Yield in Ghana
• 5. Efficient Use of Water and Nutrients For Better Maize Productivity in Smallholder Farming System of Northern
• 6. Determination of Soil Nutrient Capacity for Updating Fertilizer Recommendations Under Soil and Water Conservation Techniques in the Zondoma Watershed of Burkina Faso
• 7. An Assessment of Inherent Chemical Properties of Soils for Balanced Fertilizer Recommendations for Cocoa in Ghana
• 8. Decision Support System for Site-specific Fertilizer Recommendations in Cassava Production Systems in Southern Togo
• 9. Effects of Fractionation of Mineral Fertilizer Inputs on the Growth and Productivity of Three Varieties of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) in Wintering Crops
• 10. Fertilizer Recommendation for Maize and Cassava within the Breadbasket Zone of Ghana
• 11. Combined Effects of Organic and Mineral Fertilizers on the Productivity of Tomato Soils: Experimentation on the Soil of the Yantala Low Ridge
• 12. Maize Response To Fertilizer On Ferralsol and Luvisol In the South Sudan Zone of Burkina Faso
• 13. Fertilizer Recommendations for Maize Production in the South Sudan and Sudano-Guinean Zones of Benin
• 14. Sorghum Grain Yield Under Different Rates of Mineral and Organic Fertilizer Application in the South-Sudan Zone of Burkina Faso
• 15. Promoting climate-smart agriculture through water and nutrient interactions optionsin semi-arid West Africa: a review of evidence and empirical analysis
• 16. Role of Decision Support Tools in site-specific fertilizer recommendations and Agricultural Planning in Sub-Sahara Africa.