Resource limitations in Sahelian agriculture

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dc.contributor.authorBreman, H.en
dc.contributor.authorGroot, J. J.en
dc.contributor.authorvan Keulen, H.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialSahelen
dc.coverage.spatialAfricaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:56:01Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:56:01Zen
dc.date.issued2001en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractIn general, Africa has poor soils and unfavorable climates for agriculture. This is specially so in the Sahel of West Africa. Moreover, poor infrastructure means that fertilizer prices are higher in the Sahel than in Europe. Sahelian farmers have few incentives to maintain, let alone improve output. Nonetheless, the results of field experiments show that there are methods by which they could do this, in particular, by improving soil organic matter status, since this is often the principal way in which N, P and K are held in the soil. In the general absence of good policies to encourage fertility improvement, the Lomé workshop set goals for national fertilizer plans.en
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dc.identifier1346en
dc.identifier.citationGlobal Environmental Change 11(1): 59-68en
dc.identifier.issn0959-3780en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66054en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSoil fertilityen
dc.subjectAgricultural intensificationen
dc.subjectFertilizersen
dc.subjectSahelen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scaleen
dc.titleResource limitations in Sahelian agricultureen
dc.typeAbstracten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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