Maize-Nutrient-Manager: A mobile phone application for field-specific, balanced nutrient management advisory

To increase productivity and profitability, while limiting nutrient losses and related GHG-emissions, African smallholders need more tailored fertilizer advice. Yet, such advice critically hinges upon – largely lacking – field-level management data, as management is key to efficient fertilizer use....

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Autores principales: Andersson, Jens A, Hijbeek, Renske, Sida, Tesfaye Shiferaw, Kilakila, Mukoma Kitundu
Formato: Informe técnico
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107749
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author Andersson, Jens A
Hijbeek, Renske
Sida, Tesfaye Shiferaw
Kilakila, Mukoma Kitundu
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description To increase productivity and profitability, while limiting nutrient losses and related GHG-emissions, African smallholders need more tailored fertilizer advice. Yet, such advice critically hinges upon – largely lacking – field-level management data, as management is key to efficient fertilizer use. The Maize- Nutrient-Manager (MNM) mobile phone application enables collection of such data at scale, and directly converts this data into actionable advice for the farmer. Focusing on field-level management data, MNM can identify those management practices that are currently imperative for enhancing smallholder farmers’ efficient use of fertilizers in their locality, thereby increasing productivity while reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This document describes the background, design principles and development process of then MNM mobile phone application, as well as its pilot use in advisory practice in the Mbozi and Momba districts of Songwe region, Tanzania.
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spelling CGSpace1077492024-01-23T12:03:48Z Maize-Nutrient-Manager: A mobile phone application for field-specific, balanced nutrient management advisory Andersson, Jens A Hijbeek, Renske Sida, Tesfaye Shiferaw Kilakila, Mukoma Kitundu climate change agriculture food security climate smart agriculture yield gap nutrient management To increase productivity and profitability, while limiting nutrient losses and related GHG-emissions, African smallholders need more tailored fertilizer advice. Yet, such advice critically hinges upon – largely lacking – field-level management data, as management is key to efficient fertilizer use. The Maize- Nutrient-Manager (MNM) mobile phone application enables collection of such data at scale, and directly converts this data into actionable advice for the farmer. Focusing on field-level management data, MNM can identify those management practices that are currently imperative for enhancing smallholder farmers’ efficient use of fertilizers in their locality, thereby increasing productivity while reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This document describes the background, design principles and development process of then MNM mobile phone application, as well as its pilot use in advisory practice in the Mbozi and Momba districts of Songwe region, Tanzania. 2020-02-18 2020-03-13T14:08:19Z 2020-03-13T14:08:19Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107749 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Andersson JA, Hijbeek R, Sida TS, Kilakila M. 2020. Maize-Nutrient-Manager: A mobile phone application for field-specific, balanced nutrient management advisory. CCAFS Report. Wageningen, The Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
spellingShingle climate change
agriculture
food security
climate smart agriculture
yield gap
nutrient management
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Hijbeek, Renske
Sida, Tesfaye Shiferaw
Kilakila, Mukoma Kitundu
Maize-Nutrient-Manager: A mobile phone application for field-specific, balanced nutrient management advisory
title Maize-Nutrient-Manager: A mobile phone application for field-specific, balanced nutrient management advisory
title_full Maize-Nutrient-Manager: A mobile phone application for field-specific, balanced nutrient management advisory
title_fullStr Maize-Nutrient-Manager: A mobile phone application for field-specific, balanced nutrient management advisory
title_full_unstemmed Maize-Nutrient-Manager: A mobile phone application for field-specific, balanced nutrient management advisory
title_short Maize-Nutrient-Manager: A mobile phone application for field-specific, balanced nutrient management advisory
title_sort maize nutrient manager a mobile phone application for field specific balanced nutrient management advisory
topic climate change
agriculture
food security
climate smart agriculture
yield gap
nutrient management
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