A fourth principle is required to define Conservation Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa: The appropriate use of fertilizer to enhance crop productivity

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dc.contributor.authorVanlauwe, Bernarden
dc.contributor.authorGiller, Kenen
dc.contributor.authorCorbeels, Marcen
dc.contributor.authorGerard, B.en
dc.contributor.authorNolte, C.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialSub-Saharan Africaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:30:39Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:30:39Zen
dc.date.issued2014en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractConservation agriculture (CA) is often promoted as a key to intensifying agricultural production in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite significant efforts to promote CA, however, adoption remains limited in this region. This article contends that CA requires a fourth principle of appropriate fertilizer use to complement the already accepted principles of minimal tillage, maintaining a soil cover, and crop diversification. In regions where CA was widely adopted, fertilizer application was an essential part of agricultural systems, and a key to the success of CA. Appropriate fertilizer application is necessary for CA to be a successful alternative to conventional production in sub-Saharan Africa.en
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dc.identifier7629en
dc.identifier.citationField Crops Research 155:10–13en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2013.10.002en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/70222en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378429013003511en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2013 by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectConservation agricultureen
dc.subjectSoil managementen
dc.subjectTropical zonesen
dc.subjectSoil fertilityen
dc.subjectSmall-scale farmingen
dc.subjectAdoption of innovationsen
dc.subjectFertilizationen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scaleen
dc.titleA fourth principle is required to define Conservation Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa: The appropriate use of fertilizer to enhance crop productivityen
dc.typeAbstracten
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