Looking back and moving forward: 50 years of soil and soil fertility management research in sub-Saharan Africa
Low and declining soil fertility has been recognized for a long time as a major impediment to intensifying agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Consequently, from the inception of international agricultural research, centres operating in SSA have had a research programme focusing on soil and soi...
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| author | Vanlauwe, Bernard AbdelGadir, Abdel Aziz H. Adewopo, Julius Adjei-Nsiah, Samuel Ampadu-Boakye, T. Asare, R. Baijukya, Frederick P. Baars, E. Bekunda, Mateete A. Coyne, Danny L. Dianda, M. Dontsop Nguezet, Paul M. Ebanyat, Peter Hauser, S. Huising, Jeroen Jalloh, A. Jassogne, Laurence T.P. Kamai, N. Kamara, A. Kanampiu, F.K. Kehbila, A. Kintche, K. Kreye, C. Larbi, Asamoah Masso, C. Matungulu, P. Mohammed, I. Nabahungu, L. Nielsen, F. Nziguheba, Generose Pypers, Pieter Roobroeck, D. Schut, Marc Taulya, Godfrey Thuita, Moses N. Uzokwe, Veronica N.E. Asten, Piet J.A. van Wairegi, L.W.I. Yemefack, Martin Mutsaers, H.J.W. |
| author_browse | AbdelGadir, Abdel Aziz H. Adewopo, Julius Adjei-Nsiah, Samuel Ampadu-Boakye, T. Asare, R. Asten, Piet J.A. van Baars, E. Baijukya, Frederick P. Bekunda, Mateete A. Coyne, Danny L. Dianda, M. Dontsop Nguezet, Paul M. Ebanyat, Peter Hauser, S. Huising, Jeroen Jalloh, A. Jassogne, Laurence T.P. Kamai, N. Kamara, A. Kanampiu, F.K. Kehbila, A. Kintche, K. Kreye, C. Larbi, Asamoah Masso, C. Matungulu, P. Mohammed, I. Mutsaers, H.J.W. Nabahungu, L. Nielsen, F. Nziguheba, Generose Pypers, Pieter Roobroeck, D. Schut, Marc Taulya, Godfrey Thuita, Moses N. Uzokwe, Veronica N.E. Vanlauwe, Bernard Wairegi, L.W.I. Yemefack, Martin |
| author_facet | Vanlauwe, Bernard AbdelGadir, Abdel Aziz H. Adewopo, Julius Adjei-Nsiah, Samuel Ampadu-Boakye, T. Asare, R. Baijukya, Frederick P. Baars, E. Bekunda, Mateete A. Coyne, Danny L. Dianda, M. Dontsop Nguezet, Paul M. Ebanyat, Peter Hauser, S. Huising, Jeroen Jalloh, A. Jassogne, Laurence T.P. Kamai, N. Kamara, A. Kanampiu, F.K. Kehbila, A. Kintche, K. Kreye, C. Larbi, Asamoah Masso, C. Matungulu, P. Mohammed, I. Nabahungu, L. Nielsen, F. Nziguheba, Generose Pypers, Pieter Roobroeck, D. Schut, Marc Taulya, Godfrey Thuita, Moses N. Uzokwe, Veronica N.E. Asten, Piet J.A. van Wairegi, L.W.I. Yemefack, Martin Mutsaers, H.J.W. |
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| description | Low and declining soil fertility has been recognized for a long time as a major impediment to intensifying agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Consequently, from the inception of international agricultural research, centres operating in SSA have had a research programme focusing on soil and soil fertility management, including the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). The scope, content, and approaches of soil and soil fertility management research have changed over the past decades in response to lessons learnt and internal and external drivers and this paper uses IITA as a case study to document and analyse
the consequences of strategic decisions taken on technology development, validation, and ultimately uptake by smallholder farmers in SSA. After an initial section describing the external environment within which soil and soil fertility management research is operating, various dimensions of this research area are covered: (i) ‘strategic research’, ‘Research for Development’, partnerships, and balancing acts, (ii) changing role of characterization due to the expansion in geographical scope and shift from soils to farms and livelihoods, (iii) technology development: changes in vision, content, and scale of intervention, (iv) technology validation and delivery to farming communities, and (v) impact and feedback to the technology development and validation process. Each of the above sections follows a chronological approach, covering the last five decades (from the late 1960s till today). The paper ends with a number of lessons learnt which could be considered for future initiatives aiming at developing and
delivering improved soil and soil fertility management practices to smallholder farming communities in SSA. |
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| spelling | CGSpace894062025-11-11T10:42:43Z Looking back and moving forward: 50 years of soil and soil fertility management research in sub-Saharan Africa Vanlauwe, Bernard AbdelGadir, Abdel Aziz H. Adewopo, Julius Adjei-Nsiah, Samuel Ampadu-Boakye, T. Asare, R. Baijukya, Frederick P. Baars, E. Bekunda, Mateete A. Coyne, Danny L. Dianda, M. Dontsop Nguezet, Paul M. Ebanyat, Peter Hauser, S. Huising, Jeroen Jalloh, A. Jassogne, Laurence T.P. Kamai, N. Kamara, A. Kanampiu, F.K. Kehbila, A. Kintche, K. Kreye, C. Larbi, Asamoah Masso, C. Matungulu, P. Mohammed, I. Nabahungu, L. Nielsen, F. Nziguheba, Generose Pypers, Pieter Roobroeck, D. Schut, Marc Taulya, Godfrey Thuita, Moses N. Uzokwe, Veronica N.E. Asten, Piet J.A. van Wairegi, L.W.I. Yemefack, Martin Mutsaers, H.J.W. decision support tools farming systems innovation soil fertility management research development Low and declining soil fertility has been recognized for a long time as a major impediment to intensifying agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Consequently, from the inception of international agricultural research, centres operating in SSA have had a research programme focusing on soil and soil fertility management, including the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). The scope, content, and approaches of soil and soil fertility management research have changed over the past decades in response to lessons learnt and internal and external drivers and this paper uses IITA as a case study to document and analyse the consequences of strategic decisions taken on technology development, validation, and ultimately uptake by smallholder farmers in SSA. After an initial section describing the external environment within which soil and soil fertility management research is operating, various dimensions of this research area are covered: (i) ‘strategic research’, ‘Research for Development’, partnerships, and balancing acts, (ii) changing role of characterization due to the expansion in geographical scope and shift from soils to farms and livelihoods, (iii) technology development: changes in vision, content, and scale of intervention, (iv) technology validation and delivery to farming communities, and (v) impact and feedback to the technology development and validation process. Each of the above sections follows a chronological approach, covering the last five decades (from the late 1960s till today). The paper ends with a number of lessons learnt which could be considered for future initiatives aiming at developing and delivering improved soil and soil fertility management practices to smallholder farming communities in SSA. 2017-11-02 2017-11-14T15:42:55Z 2017-11-14T15:42:55Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89406 en Open Access application/pdf Informa UK Limited Vanlauwe, B., AbdelGadir, A.H., Adewopo, J., Adjei-Nsiah, S., Ampadu- Boakye, T., Asare, R. ... & Mutsaers, H.J.W. (2017). Looking back and moving forward: 50 years of soil and soil fertility management research in sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 1-19. |
| spellingShingle | decision support tools farming systems innovation soil fertility management research development Vanlauwe, Bernard AbdelGadir, Abdel Aziz H. Adewopo, Julius Adjei-Nsiah, Samuel Ampadu-Boakye, T. Asare, R. Baijukya, Frederick P. Baars, E. Bekunda, Mateete A. Coyne, Danny L. Dianda, M. Dontsop Nguezet, Paul M. Ebanyat, Peter Hauser, S. Huising, Jeroen Jalloh, A. Jassogne, Laurence T.P. Kamai, N. Kamara, A. Kanampiu, F.K. Kehbila, A. Kintche, K. Kreye, C. Larbi, Asamoah Masso, C. Matungulu, P. Mohammed, I. Nabahungu, L. Nielsen, F. Nziguheba, Generose Pypers, Pieter Roobroeck, D. Schut, Marc Taulya, Godfrey Thuita, Moses N. Uzokwe, Veronica N.E. Asten, Piet J.A. van Wairegi, L.W.I. Yemefack, Martin Mutsaers, H.J.W. Looking back and moving forward: 50 years of soil and soil fertility management research in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title | Looking back and moving forward: 50 years of soil and soil fertility management research in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full | Looking back and moving forward: 50 years of soil and soil fertility management research in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_fullStr | Looking back and moving forward: 50 years of soil and soil fertility management research in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Looking back and moving forward: 50 years of soil and soil fertility management research in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_short | Looking back and moving forward: 50 years of soil and soil fertility management research in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_sort | looking back and moving forward 50 years of soil and soil fertility management research in sub saharan africa |
| topic | decision support tools farming systems innovation soil fertility management research development |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89406 |
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