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Alleviating Soil Fertility Constraints to Increased Crop Production in West Africa

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. A. Uzo Mokwunye

    1. International Fertilizer Development Center, Lomé, Togo

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Part of the book series: Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences (DPSS, volume 47)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VII
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  2. Alleviating fertilizer policy constraints to increased fertilizer use and increased food production in West Africa

    • F. Makken
    Pages 1-7

  3. Alleviating fertilizer supply constraints in West Africa

    • R. Coster
    Pages 9-17

  4. Alleviating fertilizer technology transfer constraints

    • M. Connolly, T. Arokoyo
    Pages 19-32

  5. Climatic constraints to crop production and fertilizer use

    • T. L. Lawson, M. V. K. Sivakumar
    Pages 33-44

  6. Alleviating soil fertility constraints to food production in West Africa: Efficiency of nitrogen fertilizers applied to food crops

    • C. B. Christianson, P. L. G. Vlek
    Pages 45-57

  7. Fate and efficiency of sulfur fertilizer applied to food crops in West Africa

    • D. K. Friesen
    Pages 59-68

  8. Overcoming soil fertility constraints to crop production in West Africa: Impact of traditional and improved cropping systems on soil fertility

    • K. G. Steiner
    Pages 69-91

  9. Management of fertilizer research data: General concepts

    • J. Henao
    Pages 93-104

  10. Overcoming soil nutrient constraints to crop production in West Africa: Importance of fertilizers and priorities in soil fertility research

    • M. T. F. Wong, A. Wild, A. U. Mokwunye
    Pages 105-114

  11. Utilisation efficace des engrais azotés pour une augmentation de la production vivrière: L’expérience du Burkina Faso

    • P. M. Sedogo, B. V. Bado, V. Hien, F. Lompo
    Pages 115-123

  12. Utilisation efficace des engrais azotés pour une augmentation de la production vivrière: L’expérience de la Côte D’Ivoire

    • S. Traore, J. Gigou
    Pages 125-129

  13. Efficient fertilizer use for crop production: The Gambia experience

    • T. Senghore
    Pages 131-138

  14. Efficient fertilizer use for increased crop production: The Ghana experience

    • A. T. Halm, K. Dartey
    Pages 139-147

  15. Efficient fertilizer use for increased crop production: Use of phosphorus fertilizers in concretional soils of northern Ghana

    • E. Owusu-Bennoah, D. K. Acquaye, M. Abekoe
    Pages 149-154

  16. Efficient fertilizer use for increased crop production: The Liberia experience

    • J. K. Jallah, C. K. Mulbah, J. S. Kiazolu, K. Frank, M. Z. Morris
    Pages 155-164

  17. Efficient fertilizer use for increased crop production: The humid Nigeria experience

    • H. O. Maduakor
    Pages 165-179

  18. Efficient fertilizer use for increased crop production: The sub-humid Nigeria experience

    • E. O. Uyovbisere, G. Lombim
    Pages 181-194

  19. Alleviating soil fertility constraints to increased crop production in West Africa: The experience in the Sahel

    • A. Bationo, A. U. Mokwunye
    Pages 195-215

  20. Role of manures and crop residue in alleviating soil fertility constraints to crop production: With special reference to the Sahelian and Sudanian zones of West Africa

    • A. Bationo, A. U. Mokwunye
    Pages 217-225
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About this book

Tropical Africa escaped from the glaciers that covered the temperate parts of the world during the Ice Age. The legacy is that most of the parent materials of the soils of tropical Africa are old, highly weathered and devoid of bases and phosphate-bearing minerals. Traditional farming systems which were relatively stable and sustainable relied on long fallow periods after one to two years of cropping to maintain the productive capacity of the soils. In recent times and especially in densely populated areas, a sizeable class of 'landless' farmers have begun to cultivate marginal lands or to invade the 'forest reserves' thereby exacerbating the problems of land and environ­ mental degradation. of soil fertility that will facilitate the production of adequate quantities of the principle Maintaining a level staples has become a major challenge to agricultural scientists in tropical Africa. To increase the nutrient­ supplying power of soils requires the inputs of fertilizers. These can be organic or inorganic. The efficiency with which these externally supplied inputs can increase agricultural production and reduce soil and environmental deterioration is dependent on the ability of scientists to determine the right types and quantities of the products to apply to each soil, crop and cropping system as well as the ability of farmers to acquire requisite farm manage­ ment skills.

Reviews

' The book will be useful for persons interested in soil science, agronomy and other related disciplines and for everyone involved in problems such food security and fair income distribution. ' Agrochimica 36:3 1992

Editors and Affiliations

  • International Fertilizer Development Center, Lomé, Togo

    A. Uzo Mokwunye

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Alleviating Soil Fertility Constraints to Increased Crop Production in West Africa

  • Editors: A. Uzo Mokwunye

  • Series Title: Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3224-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1991

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-1221-5Published: 30 September 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-5421-8Published: 05 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-3224-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 246

  • Additional Information: Partly reprinted from `FERTILIZER RESEARCH', 29:1

  • Topics: Soil Science & Conservation, Agriculture

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