Editors:
- Provides updated fertilizer recommendations for major agro ecological zones in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo for cassava, maize, rice, sorghum, cocoa, oil palm, tomatoes, legumes presented
- Highlights extrapolation tools selected for upscaling updated fertilizer recommendations to targeted agro ecological zones in West Africa
- Establishes a link between private sector (importers, blenders) and public sector (NARS/Universities) to ensure appropriate fertilizer blending/testing of new formulations across West Africa as a result of updated fertilizer recommendations
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
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IFDC, Accra, Ghana
Andre Bationo
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Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture, Conakry, Guinea
Djimasbé Ngaradoum
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IFDC-Ouaga, Ouagadougou 11, Burkina Faso
Sansan Youl
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INERA, Ouagadougou 4, Burkina Faso
Francois Lompo
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Soil Research Institute, CSIR Soil Research Institute, Kumasi, Ghana
Joseph Opoku Fening
About the editors
Dr Bationo is from Burkina Faso, and holds a PhD in Soil Chemistry from Laval University (Canada). He is currently the Senior Resource Mobilization Officer, Africa at AGRA. A post he took up after serving as the West Africa Director and Senior Program Officer for the Soil Health Program. Prior to his joining AGRA, Dr. Bationo was the Coordinator of the African Network for Soil Biology and Fertility (AfNet) and the Deputy Director of the Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute (TSBF) in Nairobi, Kenya. Before that, he was a Principal Soil Scientist seconded to ICRISAT’s Sahelian Centre by the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC). In 2009, he received the annual award from the International Fertilizer Industry Association in Shanghai for his work in soil health. He has over 300 publications to his credit and received the Principal Staff Achievement Award for the year 2004 from the CIAT board and The Highest Civilia
n Award from the Government of Niger for contribution to the development of soil fertility restoration technologies in the Sahel. The Doctorate Honoris Causa award was also inferred on him from the University of Sweden.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Improving the Profitability, Sustainability and Efficiency of Nutrients Through Site Specific Fertilizer Recommendations in West Africa Agro-Ecosystems
Book Subtitle: Volume 1
Editors: Andre Bationo, Djimasbé Ngaradoum, Sansan Youl, Francois Lompo, Joseph Opoku Fening
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58789-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-58788-2Published: 12 April 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09634-2Published: 25 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-58789-9Published: 03 April 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 339
Number of Illustrations: 33 b/w illustrations, 45 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agriculture, Ecosystems, Soil Science & Conservation