Fertilizer use optimization in sub-Saharan Africa / / Charles S. Wortmann and Keith Sones, editors.

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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Place / Publishing House:Nairobi, Kenya ;, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : : CABI,, 2017.
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (227 pages) :; illustrations (colour), maps, charts; digital file(s).
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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.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:1786392054
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Charles S. Wortmann and Keith Sones, editors.