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Improving the Profitability, Sustainability and Efficiency of Nutrients Through Site Specific Fertilizer Recommendations in West Africa Agro-Ecosystems (eBook, PDF)

Volume 2

Redaktion: Bationo, Andre; Fening, Joseph Opoku; Lompo, Francois; Youl, Sansan; Ngaradoum, Djimasbé

Beschreibung

Provides updated fertilizer recommendations for major agro ecological zones in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo for cassava, maize, rice, sorghum, cocoa, oil palm, tomatoes, legumes presented

Highlights extrapolation tools selected for upscaling updated fertilizer recommendations to targeted agro ecological zones in West Africa

Establishes a link between private sector (importers, blenders) and public sector (NARS/Universities) to ensure appropriate fertilizer blending/testing of new formulations across West Africa as a result of updated fertilizer recommendations

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Autor

Dr Bationo is from Burkina Faso, and holds a PhD in Soil Chemistry from Laval University (Canada). He is currently the Senior Resource Mobilization Officer, Africa at AGRA. A post he took up after serving as the West Africa Director and Senior Program Officer for the Soil Health Program.  Prior to his joining AGRA, Dr. Bationo was the Coordinator of the African Network for Soil Biology and Fertility (AfNet) and the Deputy Director of the Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute (TSBF) in Nairobi, Kenya. Before that, he was a Principal Soil Scientist seconded to ICRISAT's Sahelian Centre by the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC). In 2009, he received the annual award from the International Fertilizer Industry Association in Shanghai for his work in soil health. He has over 300 publications to his credit and received the Principal Staff Achievement Award for the year 2004 from the CIAT board and The Highest Civilian Award from the Government of Niger for contributionto the development of soil fertility restoration technologies in the Sahel.  The Doctorate Honoris Causa award was also inferred on him from the University of Sweden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 313
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319587929
• Artikelnr.: 52998505