Name: Lessons learned from Long-term Soil Fertility Management Experiments in Africa
ISBN: 978-94-007-2938-4

Editors:

Andre Bationo⁰,
Boaz Waswa¹,
Job Kihara²,
Ivan Adolwa³,
Bernard Vanlauwe⁴,
…
Koala Saidou⁵

Andre Bationo
1. , Soil Health Program, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Afric, Accra, Ghana
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Boaz Waswa
1. , African Network for Soil Biology and Fer, Tropical Soil Biology & Fertility Inst., Nairobi, Kenya
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Job Kihara
1. Inst. International Centre for Tropical, Agriculture (TSBF-CIAT), Tropical Soil Biology & Fertility, Nairobi, Kenya
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Ivan Adolwa
1. CIAT-TSBF, Nairobi, Kenya
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Bernard Vanlauwe
1. CIAT-TSBF, Nairobi, Kenya
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Koala Saidou
1. CIAT-TSBF, Nairobi, Kenya
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The book targets various agro-ecological zones in Africa
Several long-term experimental trials are highlighted thus sharing knowledge and experiences on long-term experimentation with the reader
Soil fertility interventions in Africa are squarely placed in the context of long-term experiments thus giving reader a more accurate picture of soil fertility in Africa

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-viii

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Overview of Long Term Experiments in Africa
- A. Bationo, B. Waswa, A. Abdou, B. V. Bado, M. Bonzi, E. Iwuafor et al.
Pages 1-26
Long Term Effects of Crop Rotations with Fallow or Groundnut on Soil Fertility and Succeeding Sorghum Yields in the Guinea Savannah of West Africa
- B. V. Bado, A. Bationo, F. Lompo, K. Traore, M. P. Sedogo, M. P. Cescas
Pages 27-40
Crop and Soil Response to Tillage and Crop Residue Application in a Tropical Ferralsol in Sub-humid Western Kenya
- J. Kihara, J. Mukalama, F. O. Ayuke, S. Njoroge, B. Waswa, J. Okeyo et al.
Pages 41-57
Strategies for Maintenance and Improvement of Soil Productivity Under Continuous Maize and Beans Cropping System in the Sub-humid Highlands of Kenya: Case Study of the Long-Term Trial at Kabete
- C. N. Kibunja, F. B. Mwaura, D. N. Mugendi, P. T. Gicheru, J. W. Wamuongo, A. Bationo
Pages 59-84
Management of Soil Fertility in a Long-Term Field Trial of Semi-arid Kenya
- F. M. Kihanda, G. P. Warren
Pages 85-103
Long-Term Soil Fertility Trials in Niger, West Africa
- A. Abdou, S. Koala, A. Bationo
Pages 105-120
Effects of Organic and Inorganic Applications on Soil Bacterial and Fungal Microbial Communities Diversity and Impacts of Earthworms on Microbial Diversity in the Kabete Long-Term Trial, Kenya
- M. M. Kamaa, H. N. Mburu, E Blanchart, L. Chibole, J. L. Chotte, C. N. Kibunja et al.
Pages 121-136
Cropping Systems in the Sudano-Sahelian Zone: Implications on Soil Fertility Management over Varied Seasons
- A. Bationo, J. Kimetu, J. Kihara, Z. Traore, M. Bagayoko, V. Bado et al.
Pages 137-158
Agronomic and Economic Evaluation of Fertilizer Use in West Africa from Long-Term Experiments: Alternative Phosphorus Fertilizer Sources in Different Agro-Ecological Zones of Togo
- A. Bationo, A. K. Pinto-Toyi, E. Ayuk, A. U. Mokwunye
Pages 159-173
Long-Term Integrated Soil Fertility Management in South-Western Nigeria: Crop Performance and Impact on the Soil Fertility Status
- B. Vanlauwe, G. Nziguheba, O. C. Nwoke, J. Diels, N. Sanginga, R. Merckx
Pages 175-200
Back Matter

Pages 201-204

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About this book

This book elucidates the importance of long-term experiments in revealing evidence of soil fertility decline in Africa. An evaluation of experiences from on-going long-term experiments is given in broad detail. The first chapter explains the paradigm shift in soil fertility management then provides justification for long-term experiments before illuminating experiences from long-term experiments in East, West and Southern Africa. The second, sixth, eighth and ninth chapters give an in-depth account of crop management practices and soil fertility interventions in long-term trials within specific agro-ecological zones in West Africa. The rest of the chapters (chapter three, four, five and seven) address crop management, tillage practices and, organic and inorganic fertilizer applications in the context of long-term experiments in specific agro-ecological zones in East Africa.

Keywords

Africa
Experimental trials
Long-term
Soil fertility

Editors and Affiliations

, Soil Health Program, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Afric, Accra, Ghana

Andre Bationo
, African Network for Soil Biology and Fer, Tropical Soil Biology & Fertility Inst., Nairobi, Kenya

Boaz Waswa
Inst. International Centre for Tropical, Agriculture (TSBF-CIAT), Tropical Soil Biology & Fertility, Nairobi, Kenya

Job Kihara
CIAT-TSBF, Nairobi, Kenya

Ivan Adolwa, Bernard Vanlauwe, Koala Saidou

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Lessons learned from Long-term Soil Fertility Management Experiments in Africa
Editors: Andre Bationo, Boaz Waswa, Job Kihara, Ivan Adolwa, Bernard Vanlauwe, Koala Saidou
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2938-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-2937-7Published: 14 March 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8397-2Published: 13 April 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-2938-4Published: 12 March 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 204
Topics: Agriculture, Soil Science & Conservation

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

Front Matter

Back Matter

About this book

Keywords

Editors and Affiliations

, Soil Health Program, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Afric, Accra, Ghana

, African Network for Soil Biology and Fer, Tropical Soil Biology & Fertility Inst., Nairobi, Kenya

Inst. International Centre for Tropical, Agriculture (TSBF-CIAT), Tropical Soil Biology & Fertility, Nairobi, Kenya

CIAT-TSBF, Nairobi, Kenya

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