Advances in Integrated Soil Fertility Management in sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

Andre Bationo, Boaz Waswa, Job Kihara, Joseph Kimetu (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

1091 Seiten

2016 | Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2007 ed.
Springer (Verlag)
978-94-024-0471-5 (ISBN)

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Food insecurity is a central concern and a fundamental challenge for human welfare and economic growth in Africa. Low agricultural production, results in low incomes, poor nutrition, vulnerability to risks and lack of empowerment. Land degradation and soil fertility depletion are considered the major threats to food security and natural resource conservation in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Investments in technology, policy and institutional reforms are needed to increase agricultural productivity to ensure food security and sustained national economies. Past research has generated numerous soil fertility management technologies which if adopted could propel the African continent out of the poverty trap. However, these technologies have had little, if any, impact due to low adoption by the smallholder farmers.

From the contents

Preface.- Part I: Setting the scene/Introductory papers.- Part II: Integrated Nutrient Management (INM).- Part III: Below Ground Biodiversity.- Part IV: Participatory Approaches and Scaling up/out.

Erscheinungsdatum	23.09.2017
Zusatzinfo	XIV, 1091 p.
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 297 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
Schlagworte	agroecosystems • biodiversity • Cyclin • ecosystem • Ecosystems • Environment • Erosion • food security • green manure • nitrogen • Phosphor • Soil • Soil fertility
ISBN-10	94-024-0471-6 / 9402404716
ISBN-13	978-94-024-0471-5 / 9789402404715
Zustand	Neuware