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

Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII
A critical analysis of challenges and opportunities for soil fertility restoration in Sudano-Sahelian West Africa....Pages 1-28
Appropriate technologies to replenish soil fertility in southern Africa....Pages 29-43
Available technologies to replenish soil fertility in East Africa....Pages 45-62
Integrated Agricultural Research for Development: contributing to the Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme (IAR4D in CAADP)....Pages 63-73
From Thousands to Millions: Accelerating Agricultural Intensification and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa....Pages 75-84
Soil science, population growth and food production: some historical developments....Pages 85-97
Development of an arable layer: A key concept for better management of infertile tropical savanna soils....Pages 99-104
Food Security in Africa: The Challenges of Researchers in the 21 st Century....Pages 105-113
Background, Current status and the African Context of the International Nitrogen Initiative....Pages 115-119
Within-farm soil fertility gradients affect response of maize to fertiliser application in western Kenya....Pages 121-132
Characterisation of soil degradation under intensive rice production in Office du Niger zone of Mali....Pages 133-138
Soil fertility issues in the Blue Nile Valley, Ethiopia....Pages 139-148
Overcoming phosphorus deficiency in soils of Eastern Africa: recent advances and challenges....Pages 149-160
Relative contribution of trees and crops to soil carbon content in a parkland system in Burkina Faso using variations in natural 13C abundance....Pages 161-169
Mineral fertilizers, organic amendments and crop rotation managements for soil fertility maintenance in the Guinean zone of Burkina Faso (West Africa)....Pages 171-177
Effect of planting technique and amendment type on pearl millet yield, nutrient uptake, and water use on degraded land in Niger....Pages 179-193
Short-term effects of cover crops on stem borers and maize yield in the humid forest of southern Cameroon....Pages 195-199
Improving cereal productivity and farmers’ income using a strategic application of fertilizers in West Africa....Pages 201-208
Advances in improving Agricultural Profitability and Overcoming Land Degradation in Savanna and Hillside Agroecosystems of Tropical America....Pages 209-229
Integrating legumes to improve N cycling on smallholder farms in sub-humid Zimbabwe: resource quality, biophysical and environmental limitations....Pages 231-243
Meat and bone meal as nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer to cereals and rye grass....Pages 245-253
Screening Legume Green Manure for Climatic Adaptability and Farmer Acceptance in the Semi-Arid Agro-ecological Zone of Uganda....Pages 255-259
Nutrient flows in smallholder production systems in the humid forest zone of southern Cameroon....Pages 261-276
Management of improved fallows for soil fertility enhancement in the western highlands of Cameroon....Pages 277-282
Integrated Soil Fertility Management: Use of NUTMON to Quantify Nutrient Flows in Farming Systems in Central Kenya....Pages 283-288
Optimizing Soil Fertility Gradients in the Enset ( Ensete ventricosum )labelChapter26 Systems of the Ethiopian Highlands: Trade-offs and Local Innovations....Pages 289-297
Consequences of Field Management and Soil Erosion on the Sustainability of Large Scale Coffee Farming in Kiambu....Pages 299-309
The Use of Erosion Proxies for the Spatial Assessment of Erosion in a Watershed and Modelling the Erosion Risk in a GIS....Pages 311-323
Bean Improvement for Low Soil Fertility Adaptation in Eastern and Central Africa....Pages 325-332
Combining Tithonia diversifolia and minjingu phosphate rock for improvement of P availability and maize grain yields on a chromic acrisol in Morogoro, Tanzania....Pages 333-344
Improving food production using ‘best bet’ soil fertility technologies in the Central highlands of Kenya....Pages 345-351
Effects of organic and mineral sources of nutrients on maize yields in three districts of central Kenya....Pages 353-358
Effect of Combining Organic Leafy Biomass and Inorganic fertilizer on Tomato Yields and nematodes control in Arenosols in Kinshasa Area....Pages 359-364
Nutrient Dynamics On Smallholder Farms In Teghane, Northern Highlands Of Ethiopia....Pages 365-378
Nitrogen-15 Recovery in Cropped Soil Cores Fertilized With Potassium Nitrate and Clover Residues....Pages 379-388
Evaluation of nitrogen fixation using 15 N dilution methods and economy of a maize-tepary bean intercrop farming system in semi-arid SE-Kenya....Pages 389-400
Evaluation of cowpea genotypes for variations in their contribution of N and P to subsequent maize crop in three agro-ecological zones of West Africa....Pages 401-412
Variability of cowpea breeding lines to low phosphorus tolerance and response to external application of Phosphorus....Pages 413-422
The potential benefits of Azolla , Velvet bean ( Mucuna pruriens var. utilis ) and N fertilizers in rice production under contrasting systems in eastern Uganda....Pages 423-434
Tied-ridging and integrated nutrient management options for sustainable crop production in semi-arid eastern Kenya....Pages 435-442
Economic evaluation of local inputs in Meru South District, Kenya....Pages 443-448
Effect of Rock Phosphate, Lime and Green Manure on Growth and Yield of Maize in a Non Productive Niche of a Rhodic Ferralsol in Farmer’s Fields....Pages 449-456
Changes in Soil Organic Matter as Influenced by Organic Residue Management Regimes in Selected Experiments in Kenya....Pages 457-470
Effects of manure application on crop yield and soil chemical properties in a long-term field trial in semi-arid Kenya....Pages 471-486
Nutrient Recovery from Solid Waste and Linkage to Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture in Nairobi, Kenya....Pages 487-492
Optimising crop productivity in legume-cereal rotations through nitrogen and phosphorus management in western Kenya....Pages 493-502
Evaluation of the Potential of Using Nitrogen Fixing Legumes in Smallholder Farms of Meru South District, Kenya....Pages 503-510
Improved cassava varieties increase the risk of soil nutrient mining: an ex-ante analysis for western Kenya and Uganda....Pages 511-520
Partial balance of nitrogen in a maize cropping system in humic nitisol of Central Kenya....Pages 521-530
Integrated Soil Fertility Management Technologies: A Counteract to Existing Milestone in Obtaining Achievable Economical Crop Yields in Cultivated Lands of Poor Smallholder Farmers in Malawi....Pages 531-536
Fertilizer nitrogen recovery as affected by soil organic matter status in two sites in Kenya....Pages 537-546
Performance evaluation of various agroforestry species used in short duration improved fallows to enhance soil fertility and sorghum yields in Mali....Pages 547-556
Nutrient balances for different farm types in Southern Mali....Pages 557-566
Increasing the Productivity and Sustainability of Millet Based Cropping Systems in the Sahelian Zones of West Africa....Pages 567-574
Comparative short-term effects of different quality organic resources on maize productivity under two different environments in Zimbabwe....Pages 575-588
Improving soil fertility through the use of organic and inorganic plant nutrient and crop rotation in Niger....Pages 589-598
Biological system for improving the availability of Tilemsi phosphate rock for wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivated in Mali....Pages 599-610
Managing manure heaps with agro-organic wastes and cover to reduce nitrogen losses during storage on smallholder farms....Pages 611-618
Soil characteristics and the performance of sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench) on tin mine spoils of the Jos Plateau, Nigeria....Pages 619-628
The development of a prototype land information system for the northern Guinea savanna of Nigeria as a basis for agro-technology transfer....Pages 629-646
What role can planted fallows play in the humid and sub-humid zone of West and Central Africa?....Pages 647-668
Balanced Nutrient Management System Technologies In The Northern Guinea Savanna Of Nigeria: Validation And Perspective....Pages 669-678
Impacts of vegetative contour hedges on soil inorganic-N cycling and erosional losses in Arable Steep-lands of the Central Highlands of Kenya....Pages 679-689
Relationships between rhizobial diversity and host legume nodulation and nitrogen fixation in tropical ecosystems....Pages 691-702
Limestone, Minjingu Phosphate Rock and Green Manure Application on Improvement of Acid Soils in Rwanda....Pages 703-712
Evaluating performance and yield stability of some groundnut ( Arachis hypogaea L. ) varieties under irrigation in three agroecological zones of the Senegal River Valley....Pages 713-722
Assessment of the contribution of tied ridges and farmyard manure application to sorghum production in semi-arid areas of Tanzania....Pages 723-730
Evaluation of Gliricidia sepium, Casuarina junghuhniana and Faidherbia albida tree species for improvement of crop production and fuelwood supply in Muheza districts, Tanzania....Pages 731-736
Mineral N distribution in the soil profile of a maize field amended with cattle manure and mineral N under humid sub-tropical conditions....Pages 737-748
Intensity cultivation induced effects on soil organic carbon dynamic in the western cotton area of Burkina Faso....Pages 749-758
Assessment of improved soil fertility and water harvesting technologies through community based on-farm trials in the ASALs of Kenya....Pages 759-766
Profitability of agro-forestry based soil fertility management technologies: the case of small holder food production in Western Kenya....Pages 767-780
Integrated natural resources management a strategy for food security and poverty alleviation in Kwalei village, Lushoto district, Tanzania....Pages 781-786
Effects of total inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus availability on Maize Yields in the First post Tephrosia vogelii fallow....Pages 787-794
Environmental hazards in African agriculture: factors influencing application of agrochemicals in Nakuru district, Kenya....Pages 795-804
Assessment of indigenous soil and water conservation technology for smallholder farms in semi-arid areas in Africa and close spaced trash lines effect on erosion and crop yield....Pages 805-814
 Prosopis africana (Guill., Perrot et Rich.) Taub and Entada africana (Guill. et Perrot.) leaf litter decomposition and impact of biomass transfer on millet ( Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) growth and development on station in Niger....Pages 815-826
Soil microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen as influenced by organic and inorganic inputs at Kabete, Kenya....Pages 827-832
Evaluating effect of mixtures of organic resources on nutrient release patterns and uptake by maize....Pages 833-844
Mycorrhizal associations as indicators of forest quality after land use practices....Pages 845-854
Biomass production, N and P uptake of Mucuna after Bradyrhizobia and Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculation, and P-application on acid soil of Southern Cameroon....Pages 855-864
Evaluating the effect of Bacillus and Rhizobium . bi-inoculant on nodulation and nematode control in Phaseolus vulgaris L....Pages 865-872
Integrated Soil Fertility Management Technologies:review for scaling up....Pages 873-880
Costs and Returns of Soil Fertility Management Options in Western Kenya....Pages 881-890
Modeling farmers’ decisions on integrated soil nutrient management in sub-Saharan Africa: A multinomial Logit analysis in Cameroon....Pages 891-904
Opportunities for and constraints to adoption of improved fallows: ICRAF’s experience in the humid tropics of Cameroon....Pages 905-914
The Effect of Socio-Economic Factors on a Farmer’s Decision to Adopt Farm Soil Conservation Measures. An Application of Multivariate Logistic Analysis in Butere/Mumias District, Kenya....Pages 915-920
Farmer’s perception of planted calliandra tree fallows for shortening fallow cycles in southern Cameroon....Pages 921-932
Policies, Institutions and Market Development to Accelerate Technological Change in the Semiarid Zones of Sub-Saharan Africa....Pages 933-940
Factors Influencing Choice and Adoption of Integrated Soil Fertility Management Technologies in Central Kenya Highlands....Pages 941-946
Social capital and adoption of soil fertility management technologies in Tororo district, Uganda....Pages 947-954
Adoption of Leguminous Trees/Shrubs, Compost and Farmyard Manure (FYM) As Alternatives to Improving Soil Fertility in Trans Nzoia District-Kenya....Pages 955-960
Participatory Diagnosis in the Eastern Drylands of Kenya: Are Farmers aware of their Soil Fertility Status?....Pages 961-968
On-Farm Evaluation and Scaling-up of Soil Fertility Management Technologies in Western Kenya....Pages 969-978
The Resources-to-Consumption System: A Framework for Linking Soil Fertility Management Innovations to Market Opportunities....Pages 979-992
Scaling Up Options on Integrated Soil Fertility management in Western Kenya: The Case of COSOFAP: Challenges and Opportunities....Pages 993-1000
Socio-Economics of Soil Conservation in Kericho District, Kenya....Pages 1001-1012
Market Integration and Conduct Analysis: An Application to Cattle Markets in Uasin Gishu District, Kenya....Pages 1013-1018
Factors determining integrated soil fertility management in central Kenya highlands: Participatory Learning and Action (PLAR) model analysis....Pages 1019-1026
Spatial Pricing Efficiency and Regional Market Integration of Cross-Border Bean ( shape Phaseolus Vulgaris L. ) Marketing in East Africa: The Case of Western Kenya and Eastern Uganda....Pages 1027-1034
Assessment of farmers’ perceptions of soil quality indicators within smallholder farms in the central highlands of Kenya....Pages 1035-1046
Initiating Rural Farmers to Participatory Research: Case of Soil Fertilization in Bushumba, East of DR. Congo....Pages 1047-1050
Farmers’ participation in soil fertility management research process: Dilemma in rehabilitating degraded hilltops in Kabale, Uganda....Pages 1051-1060
Integrated Soil Fertility Management and Poverty Traps in Western Kenya....Pages 1061-1076
Moving methodologies to enhance agricultural productivity of rice-based lowland systems in sub-Saharan Africa....Pages 1077-1091