Innovations as Key to the Green Revolution in Africa

Exploring the Scientific Facts
Herausgeber: Bationo, Andre; Okeyo, Jeremiah M.; Maina, Fredah; Kihara, Job Maguta; Waswa, Boaz

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Produktbeschreibung

Africa can achieve self sufficiency in food production through adoption of innovations in the agriculture sector. Numerous soil fertility and crop production technologies have been generated through research, however, wide adoption has been low. African farmers need better technologies, more sustainable practices, and fertilizers to improve and sustain their crop productivity and to prevent further degradation of agricultural lands. The agricultural sector also needs to be supported by functional institutions and policies that will be able to respond to emerging challenges of globalization and climate change.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Netherland / Springer Netherlands
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2011
• Seitenzahl: 1432
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 193mm x 77mm
• Gewicht: 2935g
• ISBN-13: 9789402404944
• ISBN-10: 9402404945
• Artikelnr.: 48943194

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THEME 1: Constraints and Opportunities for the African Green RevolutionNew
Challenges and Opportunities for Integrated Soil Fertility Management in
Africa; Meeting the Demands for Plant Nutrients for an African Green
Revolution: The Role of Indigenous Agrominerals; The geological basis of
farming in Africa; The Challenges in Accessing Agricultural Innovations by
West African Family Farms: Institutional and Policy Implications; Achieving
an African Green Revolution: A Perspective from an Agri-Input Supplier; The
African Green Revolution and the Role of Partnerships in East Africa;
Optimizing Agricultural Water Management for the Green Revolution in
Africa; Ex-ante evaluation of the impact of a structural change in
fertilizer procurement method in sub-Saharan Africa; Preparing Groups of
Poor Farmers for Market Engagement: Five Key Skill Sets; Fertilizer
microdosing and "Warrantage" or inventory credit system to improve food
security and farmers' income in West Africa; African Green Revolution
requires a secure source of Phosphorus: A review of alternative sources and
improved management options of phosphorusTHEME 2: Potential and feasibility
of use of external input and improved soil and crop management to achieve
the African Green RevolutionSoybean varieties, developed in lowland West
Africa, retain their promiscuity and dual-purpose nature under highland
conditions in Western Kenya; Long-term effect of continuous cropping of
irrigated rice on soil and yield trends in the Sahel of West Africa;
Conservation tillage, local organic resources and nitrogen fertilizer
combinations affect maize productivity in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands in
Kenya; Long-term land management effects on crop yields and soil properties
in the sub-humid highlands of Kenya; Integrated management of fertilizers,
weed and rice genotypes can improve rice productivity; Integrated soil
fertility management for increased maize production in the degraded
farmlands of the Guinea Savanna Zone of Ghana using devil-bean (Crotalaria
retusa) and fertilizer nitrogen; Effect of organic inputs and mineral
fertilizer on maize yield in a Ferrasol and a Nitisol soil in central
Kenya; Effects of Conservation Tillage, Crop Residue and Cropping Systems
on changes in Soil Organic Matter and Maize-Legume Production: A Case Study
in Teso District; Benefits of integrated soil fertility and water
management in semi-arid West Africa: an example study in Burkina Faso;
Survival and Soil Nutrient Changes during Five Years Growth of Sixteen
Faidherbia albida Provenances in Semi Arid Baringo District, Kenya; The
"secret" behind the good performance of Tithonia Diversifolia on P
availability as compared to other green manures; Biological nitrogen
fixation potential by soybeans in two low-P soils of southern Cameroon;
Roles for herbaceous and grain legumes, kraal manure and inorganic
fertilizers for soil fertility management in eastern Uganda; The Effects Of
Integration Of Organic And Inorganic Sources Of Nutrient On Maize Yield In
Central Kenya; Forage Legume-Cereal Double Cropping in Bimodal Rainfall
Highland Tropics: The Kenyan Case; Effects Of Conservation Tillage,
Fertilizer Inputs And Cropping Systems On Soil Properties And Crop Yield In
Western Kenya; Effect of manure application on soil nitrogen availability
to intercropped sorghum and cowpea at three sites in eastern Kenya; The
Effect Of Organic Based Nutrient Management Strategies On Soil Nutrient
Availability And Maize Performance In Njoro, Kenya; Using forage legumes to
improve soil fertility for enhanced grassland productivity of semi-arid
rangelands of Kajiado District, Kenya; Potential of cowpea, pigeonpea and
greengram to contribute  nitrogen to maize in rotation on Ferralsol in
Tanga - Tanzania; Model Validation through Long Term Promising Sustainable
Maize/Pigeon Pea Residue Management in Malawi; Use of Tithonia biomass,
Maize residues and Inoraganic phosphate on Climbing Bean yield and Soil
properties in Rwanda; Potential of Increased Maize and Soybean Production
in Uasin Gishu District, Kenya, Resulting from Soil Acidity Amendment using
Minjingu Phosphate Rock and Agricultural Lime; Residual effects of
contrasting organic residues on maize growth and phosphorus accumulation
over four cropping cycles in savanna soils; Interactive effects of selected
nutrient resources and tied-ridging on plant growth performance in a
semi-arid smallholder farming environment in central Zimbabwe; In-Vitro
selection of Soybean accessions for induction of germination of Striga
hermonthica (Del.) Benth seeds and their effect on Striga hermonthica
attachment on associated maize; Innovations In Cassava Production For Food
Security And Forest Conservation In Western Côte D'Ivoire; Promoting uses
of indigenous phosphate rock for soil fertility recapitalization in the
Sahel: state of the knowledge on the review of the rock phosphates of
Burkina Faso; Selecting indigenous P solubilizing bacteria for cowpea and
millet improvement in nutrient deficient acidic soils of southern Cameroon;
Evaluation of Human Urine as a Source of Nitrogen in the Co-Composting of
Pine Bark and Lawn Clippings; Extractable Bray-1 Phosphorus and Crop Yields
as influenced by Addition of Phosphatic Fertilizers of Various Solubilities
integrated with manure in an Acid Soil; Seedbed Types and Integrated
Nutrient Management Options for Cowpea Production in the Southern
Rangelands of Semi-Arid Eastern Kenya; Land and Water Management Research
and Development in Arid And Semi-Arid Lands Of Kenya; Evaluation of
establishment, biomass productivity and quality of improved fallow species
in a ferralic arenosol at coastal region in Kenya; Assessment of potato
bacterial wilt disease status in North Rift Valley of Kenya: A Survey; Soil
fertility variability in relation to the yields of maize and soybean under
intensifying cropping systems in the tropical savannas of north-eastern
Nigeria; An evaluation of Lucerne varieties suitable for different agro
ecological zones in Kenya; Water Harvesting And Integrated Nutrient
Management Options For Maize-Cowpea Production In Semi-Arid Eastern Kenya;
The potential of Ipomoea stenosiphon as a soil fertility ameliorant in the
semi-arid tropics; Effect of Aluminium concentration and liming acid soils
on the growth of selected maize cultivars grown on sandy soils in Southern
Africa; The role of Biological Technologies in Land Quality Management:
Drivers for Farmer's Adoption in the Central Highlands of Kenya;
Biophysical characterization of Oasis soils for efficient use of external
inputs in Marsabit District: Their potentials and limitations;
Multi-functional properties of mycorrhizal fungi for crop production: The
case study of banana development and drought tolerance; Effect of
Phosphorus Sources and Rates on Sugarcane Yield and Quality in Kibos,
Nyando Sugar Zone; Natural and antropic determinants of soil carbon stocks
in two agro-ecosystems in Burkina Faso; Integrated Soil Fertility
Management Involving Promiscuous Dual-purpose Soybean and Upland NERICA
Enhanced Rice Productivity in the Savannas; Nitrogen Use in Maize (Zea
Mays) -Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajans) Intercrop in Semi- arid Conditions of
Kenya; Nitrogen and phosphorus capture and recovery efficiencies, and crop
responses to a range of soil fertility management strategies in sub-Saharan
Africa; Greenhouse Evaluation Of Agronomic Effectiveness Of Unacidulated
And Partially Acidulated Phosphate  Rock From Kodjari And The Effect Of 
Mixed Crop On Plant P Nutrition; Effect Of Continuous Mineral And Organic
Fertilizers Inputs And Plowing On Groundnut Yield And Soil Fertility In A
Groundnut - Sorghum Rotation In Central Burkina Faso; Soil Inorganic N and
N uptake by maize following application of legumes biomass, tithonia and
manure, and inorganic fertilizer in central Kenya; Changes in d15N and N
nutrition in nodulated cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) and maize (Zea
mays L.) grown in mixed culture with exogenous P supply; Cation flux in
incubated plant residues and its effect on pH and plant residue alkalinity;
Agronomic efficiency of human stool and urine on the production of maize
and egg plant in Burkina Faso; Potential for Reuse of Human Urine in
Peri-Urban Farming; Towards sustainable land use in Vertisols in Kenya:
challenges and opportunities; Potential Nitrogen Contribution of Climbing
Bean to Subsequent Maize Crop in Rotation in South Kivu Province of
Democratic Republic of Congo; Investigation on the Germination of
Zanthoxylum Gilletii Seeds (De Wild) Waterm (East African Satinwood);
Combining ability for Grain Yield of Imidazolinone Resistant-maize inbred
lines under Striga (Striga hermonthica) infestation; Identification of
plant genetic resources with high potential contribution to the soil
fertility enhancement in the Sahel with special interest in fallow
vegetation; Within-farm variability in soil fertility management in
smallholder farms of Kirege location, Central Highlands of Kenya; Residual
Effects of Applied Phosphorus Fertilizer on Maize Grain Yield and
Phosphorus Recovery from a Long-Term Trial in Western Kenya; Potential of
combined effect of organic and inorganic fertilisers on crop productivity;
Phenotypic Characterization Of Local Maize Landraces For Drought Tolerance
In Kenya; Targeting resources within diverse, heterogeneous and dynamic
farming systems: towards a 'uniquely African green revolution; Exploring
crop yield benefits of integrated water and nutrient management
technologies in the Desert Margins of Africa: Experiences from semi-arid
Zimbabwe; Population dynamics of mixed indigenous legume fallows and
influence on subsequent maize following mineral P application in
smallholder farming systems of Zimbabwe; Formulating crop management
options for Africa's drought-prone regions: Taking account of rainfall risk
using modeling; Residue quality and N fertilizer do not influence aggregate
stabilization of C and N in two tropical soils with contrasting texture;
Interaction between Resource Quality, Aggregate Turnover, Carbon and
Nitrogen Cycling in the Central Highlands of Kenya; Performances of
Cotton-Maize Rotation system as Affected by Ploughing Frequency and Soil
Fertility Management in Burkina Faso; Developing Standard Protocols for
Soil Quality Monitoring and Assessment; Increasing productivity through
maize-legume intercropping in Central Kenya; Contributions of cowpea and
fallow to soil fertility improvement in the guinea savannah of West
Africa.THEME 3: Limitations to access and adoption of innovations by poor
farmersSome facts about fertilizer use in Africa: the case of smallholder
and large scale farmers in Kenya; Farm input market system in Western
Kenya: constraints, opportunities and policy implications; Gender
differentials in adoption of soil fertility management technologies in
Central Kenya; Enhancing Agricultural Production Potential through
Nutrition and Good Health Practice: The Case of Suba District in Kenya;
Linking policy, research, agribusiness and processing enterprise to develop
Mungbean (Vigna radiata) production as export crop from Senegal River
Valley; Prioritizing research efforts to increase on-farm income
generation: the case of cassava-based farmers in peri-urban southern
Cameroon; Policy framework for utilization and conservation of below-ground
biodiversity in Kenya; Policy Issues Affecting Integrated Natural Resource
Management and Utilization in Arid and Semi Arid Lands of Kenya;
Stakeholder characterisation of the biophysical and socio-economic
potential of the desert margins in Kenya; Community Soil Fertility
Management in the Region of Gourma, Burkina Faso -West Africa;
Understanding Cassava Yield Differences at Farm Level: Lessons for
Research; Organic Matter Utilization And The Determinants Of Organic Manure
Use By Farmers In The Guinea Savanna Zone Of Nigeria; Innovativeness Of
Common Interest Groups In North Rift Kenya: A Case Of Trans Nzoia District;
Economic analysis of improved potato technologies in Rwanda; Assessment of
Occupational and Environmental Safety Concerns in Pesticide Use among
Small-scale Farmers in Sagana, Central Highlands, Kenya; Variation in socio
economic characteristics and natural resource management in communities
with different potato market linkages in the highlands of southwestern
Uganda; Crop Rotation Leguminous Crops as Soil Fertility Strategy in Pearl
Millet Production Systems; Participatory variety selection of pulses under
different soil and pest management practices in Kadoma District, Zimbabwe;
Economic Returns Of The 'Mbili' Intercropping Compared To Conventional
Systems In Western Kenya; Bio-Socio-Economic Factors Influencing Tree
Production in South Eastern Drylands of Kenya; Economic Evaluation of the
Contribution of Below Ground Biodiversity: Case Study of Biological
Nitrogen Fixation by Rhizobia; Farmers' Perceptions and its Influence on
Uptake of Integrated Soil Nutrient Management Techniques: Evidence from
western Kenya; Taking Soil Fertility Management Technologies to the
Farmers' Backyard: The Case of Farmer Field Schools in Western Kenya;
Status And Trends Of Technological Changes Among Small Scale Farmers In
Tanzania; The dilemma of using fertilizer to power the green revolution in
Sub-Saharan Africa; Overcoming market constraint to pro-poor agricultural
Growth in the Eastern of DR. Congo, South Kivu; Constraints in Chickpea
Transportation in the Lake Zone of TanzaniaTHEME 4: Innovation approaches
and their scaling up/out in AfricaMicro-dosing as a pathway to Africa's
Green Revolution: Evidence from broad-scale on-farm trials; The Dryland
Eco-Farm: a Potential Solution to the Main Constraints of Rain-Fed
Agriculture in Africa's Semi Arid Tropics; Effect of Zai soil and water
conservation technique on water balance and the fate of nitrate from
organic amendments applied: A case of degraded crusted soils in Niger;
Counting eggs? Smallholder experiments and try-outs as success indicators
of adoption of soil fertility technologies; Improving smallholder farmers'
access to information for enhanced decision making in natural resource
management: Experiences from South Western Uganda; Market Access:
Components, Interactions and Implications in Smallholder Agriculture In The
Former Homeland Area Of South Africa; Improving African Agricultural Market
and Rural Livelihood through Warrantage: Case Study of Jigawa State,
Nigeria; The Desert Margins Programme Approaches in Upscaling Best-Bet
Technologies in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands in Kenya; Soil organic inputs and
water conservation practices are the keys of the sustainable farming
systems in the sub-sahelian zone of Burkina Faso; Intercropping Grain
Amaranth (Amaranthus Dubius) With Soybean (G. Max) For Sustainability And
Improved Livelihoods In Western Kenya; Soil conservation in Nigeria:
Assessment of past and present initiatives; Effect of farmer management
strategies on spatial variability of soil fertility and crop nutrient
uptake in contrasting agro-ecological zones in Zimbabwe; Empowering Farmers
in Monitoring and Evaluation for Improved Livelihood: Case Study of Soil
and Water Management in Central Kenya; Effectiveness Of "Prep-Pac" Soil
Fertility Replenishment Product On Performance Of The Diversified
Maize-Legume Intercrops In Western Kenya; Risk Preference And Optimal Crop
Combinations For Small Holder Farmers In Umbumbulu District, South Africa:
An Application Of Stochastic Linear Programming; Scaling Out Integrated
Soil Nutrient and Water Management Technologies through Farmer
Participatory Research: Experiences from Semi-Arid Central Zimbabwe;
Reducing the Risk of Crop Failure for Smallholder Farmers in Africa through
the Adoption of Conservation Agriculture; Dissemination Of Integrated Soil
Fertility Management Technologies Using Participatory Approaches In The
Central Highlands Of Kenya; Adoption Of Improved Varieties Of Maize And
Cassava In Kilosa And Muheza Districts, Eastern Tanzania; The role of
forest resources in the strategies of rural communities coping with the
HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub Sahara Africa; Farmer managed natural
regeneration in Niger: A key to environmental stability, agricultural
intensification and diversification; Achieving a Green Revolution in
Southern Africa: Role of Soil and Water Conservation in Enhancing
Agricultural Productivity and Livelihoods in Semi-Arid Areas of Malawi;
Managing Soil and Water through Community Tree Establishment and
Management: A Case of Agabu and Kandota Villages in Ntcheu District,
Malawi; Adoption and up scaling of water harvesting technologies among
small scale farmers in Northern Kenya; Social and Economic Factors for the
Adoption of Agroforesry Practices in Lake Victoria Catchment, Magu,
Tanzania