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Fertilizer use optimization in sub-Saharan Africa

This book contains 17 chapters providing details on decision tools that use linear programming to determine recommendations specific to a farmer's context intended to maximize profit from fertilizer use in sub-saharan Africa. Chapter 1 and 2 discusses the principles and approach, and spatial an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wortmann, Charles S.
Other Authors: Sones, Keith
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: UK CABI 2017
Subjects:
Africa
Francophone Africa
Fertilisers
Commonwealth Of Nations
Tanganyika
Application Rates
Mali
Community Of Portuguese Language Countries
Nigeria
Mozambique
Soil Fertility
Acp Countries
West Africa
Sedimentology And Pedology / Bicssc
Tanzania
Ethiopia
Developing Countries
Linear Programming
Profitability
East Africa
Ghana
Rwanda
Niger
Bourkina Fasso
Portuguese Speaking Africa
Burkina Faso
Uganda
Agronomy And Crop Production / Bicssc
Profits
Fertilizers
Subsaharan Africa
Abyssinia
Anglophone Africa
Southern Africa
Africa South Of Sahara
Nyasaland
Least Developed Countries
Malawi
Agricultural Science / Bicssc
Kenya
Sadc Countries
Optimization
Zambia
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Summary:This book contains 17 chapters providing details on decision tools that use linear programming to determine recommendations specific to a farmer's context intended to maximize profit from fertilizer use in sub-saharan Africa. Chapter 1 and 2 discusses the principles and approach, and spatial analysis of fertilizer use optimization, respectively. Chapter 3 covers integrated soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa. Further, Chapters 4 to 16 explore optimizing fertilizer use within an integrated soil fertility management framework in countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including: Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Finally, Chapter 17 describes the process of enabling fertilizer use optimization in sub-Saharan Africa.
Item Description:Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (227 p.)
ISBN:9781786392046
9781786392046.0000

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