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

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Combining the DSSAT Model with Experimentation to Update Recommendations of Fertilizer Rates for Rice and Maize in Burkina Faso

   • J. Ouedraogo, S. Youl, A. Mando

   Pages 1-22

3. Participatory Evaluation of Productivity, Fertility Management, and Dissemination of Irrigated Exotic Vegetables in the Sahel, West Africa

   • A. K. Saidou, Hide Omae, Kimio Osuga, Boukary Absatou, Satoshi Tobita

   Pages 23-35

4. Recommendation of a New Fertilizer Rate for Rice in the Irrigated Areas of the Niger River Valley

   • Sido Amir, Addam Kiari Saidou, Ichaou Aboubacar, Salou Moussa

   Pages 37-47

5. The Interactive Effect of Residue Quality, Quantity, Soil Texture and N Management on Maize Crop Yield in Ghana

   • E. Yeboah, M. K. Abekoe, G. N. N. Dowuona, B. Vanlauwe, S. P. Sohi, J. W. Six

   Pages 49-62

6. Efficient Use of Nutrients and Water Through Hill-Placed Combination of Manure and Mineral Fertilizer in Maize Farming System in Northern Benin

   • Pierre G. Tovihoudji, P. B. Irénikatché Akponikpè, André Adjogboto, Jonas A. Djenontin, Euloge K. Agbossou, Charles L. Bielders

   Pages 63-89

7. Determining Soil Nutrient Capacity to Update Fertilizer Recommendations Under Soil and Water Conservation Techniques in the Zondoma Watershed of Burkina Faso

   • S. Youl, J. Ouedraogo, S. K. Ezui, R. Zougmore, M. J. Sogbedji, A. Mando

   Pages 91-104

8. Recommendations of Fertilizer Formulas for the Production of the EVDT 97 Maize Variety in Northern Benin

   • A. M. Igué, I. Balogoun, A. Saidou, A. C. Oga, G. Ezui, S. Youl et al.

   Pages 105-123

9. Decision Support System for Site-Specific Fertilizer Recommendations in Cassava Production in Southern Togo

   • Kodjovi Senam Ezui, Peter A. Leffelaar, Angelinus C. Franke, Abdoulaye Mando, Ken E. Giller

   Pages 125-138

10. Effects of Split Mineral Fertilizer Applications on the Growth and Productivity of Three Tomato Varieties (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) in Rainy Season Cropping

    • Ouango Koala, Jérôme Bélem

    Pages 139-160

11. Fertilizer Recommendation for Maize and Cassava Within the Breadbasket Zone of Ghana

    • F. M. Tetteh, S. A. Ennim, R. N. Issaka, M. Buri, B. A. K. Ahiabor, J. O. Fening

    Pages 161-184

12. Combined Effects of Organic and Mineral Fertilizers on Soil Productivity in Tomato Production: Experiments on Soils of the Coast Road of Yantala-Bas

    • Ibrahim Jamilou Salissou, Saidou Addam Kiari, Sabiou Mahamane, Amadou Abdourhamane Toure, Bouba Hassane

    Pages 185-193

13. Maize Response to Fertilizer on Ferralsol and Luvisol in the South Sudan Zone of Burkina Faso

    • Idriss Serme, Korodjouma Ouattara, Isabelle Orokya Traore, Souleymane Ouedraogo, Sansan Youl, Badiori Ouattara et al.

    Pages 195-214

14. Fertilizer Recommendations for Maize Production in the South Sudan and Sudano-Guinean Zones of Benin

    • Aliou Saïdou, I. Balogoun, E. L. Ahoton, A. M. Igué, S. Youl, G. Ezui et al.

    Pages 215-234

15. Sorghum Grain Yield Under Different Rates of Mineral and Organic Fertilizer Application in the South-Sudan Zone of Burkina Faso

    • Idriss Serme, Korodjouma Ouattara, Dieudonné Ouattara, Souleymane Ouedraogo, Sansan Youl, Charles Wortmann

    Pages 235-248

16. Promoting Climate-Smart Agriculture Through Water and Nutrient Interactions Options in Semi-arid West Africa: A Review of Evidence and Empirical Analysis

    • Robert Zougmoré

    Pages 249-263

17. Decision Support Tools for Site-Specific Fertilizer Recommendations and Agricultural Planning in Selected Countries in Sub-Sahara Africa

    • Dilys S. MacCarthy, Job Kihara, Patricia Masikati, Samuel G. K. Adiku

    Pages 265-289

18. Fertilizer Deep Placement as One Way of Increasing Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Grain Yield in West African Irrigated Rice Systems

    • A. A. Bandaogo, B. Fofana, S. Youl

    Pages 291-310

19. Back Matter

    Pages 311-313

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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.

• Natural Resource Management
• national agricultural research services
• West African fertilizer recommendation action plan
• cassava, maize, rice, sorghum
• cocoa, oil palm, tomatoes, legumes

• IFDC, Accra, Ghana

  Andre Bationo

• Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture, Conakry, Guinea

  Djimasbé Ngaradoum

• IFDC-Ouaga, Ouagadougou 11, Burkina Faso

  Sansan Youl

• INERA, Ouagadougou 4, Burkina Faso

  Francois Lompo

• Soil Research Institute, CSIR Soil Research Institute, Kumasi, Ghana

  Joseph Opoku Fening

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 Civilian Award from the Government of Niger for contributionto 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.

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