Soil degradation in sub-Saharan Africa and crop production options for soil rehabilitation
Soil degradation associated with poor soil fertility management practices is a major factor underlying poor agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa. About 65% of the agricultural land is degraded, mainly due to low nutrient application, soil erosion and soil acidification. Increased fertiliz...
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International Plant Nutrition Institute
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| author | Zingore, Shamie Mutegi, James Agesa, Beverly Tamene, Lulseged D. Kihara, Job Maguta |
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| description | Soil degradation associated with poor soil fertility management practices is a major factor underlying poor agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa. About 65% of the agricultural land is degraded, mainly due to low nutrient application, soil erosion and soil acidification. Increased fertilizer use and balanced nutrient management in combination with various organic matter inputs offer the best prospects to reverse soil degradation. |
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| spelling | CGSpace687022025-03-13T09:44:00Z Soil degradation in sub-Saharan Africa and crop production options for soil rehabilitation Zingore, Shamie Mutegi, James Agesa, Beverly Tamene, Lulseged D. Kihara, Job Maguta soil soil degradation soil chemicophysical properties acidity suelo degradación del suelo propiedades físico - químicas suelo acidez áfrica al sur del sahara Soil degradation associated with poor soil fertility management practices is a major factor underlying poor agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa. About 65% of the agricultural land is degraded, mainly due to low nutrient application, soil erosion and soil acidification. Increased fertilizer use and balanced nutrient management in combination with various organic matter inputs offer the best prospects to reverse soil degradation. 2015 2015-10-27T18:56:53Z 2015-10-27T18:56:53Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68702 en Open Access International Plant Nutrition Institute Zingore, Shamie; Mutegi, James; Agesa, Beverly; Desta, Lulseged Tamene; Kihara, Job. 2015. Soil degradation in sub-Saharan Africa and crop production options for soil rehabilitation. Better Crops with Plant Food 99 (1): 24-26. |
| spellingShingle | soil soil degradation soil chemicophysical properties acidity suelo degradación del suelo propiedades físico - químicas suelo acidez áfrica al sur del sahara Zingore, Shamie Mutegi, James Agesa, Beverly Tamene, Lulseged D. Kihara, Job Maguta Soil degradation in sub-Saharan Africa and crop production options for soil rehabilitation |
| title | Soil degradation in sub-Saharan Africa and crop production options for soil rehabilitation |
| title_full | Soil degradation in sub-Saharan Africa and crop production options for soil rehabilitation |
| title_fullStr | Soil degradation in sub-Saharan Africa and crop production options for soil rehabilitation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Soil degradation in sub-Saharan Africa and crop production options for soil rehabilitation |
| title_short | Soil degradation in sub-Saharan Africa and crop production options for soil rehabilitation |
| title_sort | soil degradation in sub saharan africa and crop production options for soil rehabilitation |
| topic | soil soil degradation soil chemicophysical properties acidity suelo degradación del suelo propiedades físico - químicas suelo acidez áfrica al sur del sahara |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68702 |
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