Farmers' soil knowledge for effective participatory integrated watershed management in Rwanda: Toward soil-specific fertility management and farmers' judgmental fertilizer use

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 183, Issue , 2014, Pages 145-159

  Rushemuka, N P ^a,d   Bizoza, R A ^b   Mowo, J G ^c   Bock, L ^d  

^a RWANDA AGRICULTURE BOARD   (Rwanda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Farmers' soil knowledge; Fertility management; Fertilizer use; Rwanda; Soil type

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CASSAVA; CROP PRODUCTION; ENTISOL; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD SECURITY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; OXISOL; SLOPE ANGLE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL TYPE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; ULTISOL; WATERSHED;

RWANDA;

IPOMOEA BATATAS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 84888792707     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.10.020     Document Type: Article

References (65)

1. Ansoms A. Striving for growth, bypassing the poor? A critical review of Rwanda's rural sector policies. J. Mod. Afr. Stud. 2008, 46(1):1-32.
2. Barrera-Bassols N., Zinck J.A. Ethnopedology: a worldwide view on the soil knowledge of local people. Geoderma 2003, 111:171-195.
3. Barrera-Bassols N., Zinck J.A., Van Ranst E. Symbolism, knowledge and management of soil and land resources in indigenous communities: ethnopedology at global, regional and local scales. Catena 2006, 65:118-135.
4. Barrera-Bassols N., Zinck J.A., Van Ranst E. Local soil classification and comparison of indigenous and technical soil maps in Mesoamerican community using spatial analysis. Geoderma 2006, 135:140-162.
5. Barrios E., Bekunda M., Delve R.J., Esilaba A., Mowo J. Indentifying and Classifying Local Indicators of Soil Quality-East African Edition 2001, CIAT, SWNM, TSBF, AHI, Nairobi.
6. Barrios E., Coutinho H.L.C., Medeiros C.A.B. Participatory Knowledge Integration on Indicators of Soil Quality-Methodological Guide 2011, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Embrapa, CIAT, Nairobi.
7. Barrios E., Delve R.J., Bekunda M., Mowo J.G., Agunda J., Ramsch J., Trejo M.T., Thomas R.J. Indicators of soil quality a South-South development of a methodological guide for linking local and technical knowledge. Geoderma 2006, 135:248-259.
8. Birasa E.C., Bizimana I., Boucaert W., Deflandre A., Chapelle J., Gallez A., Maesschalck G., Vercruysse J. Carte pédologique du Rwanda 1990, Minagri, Kigali.
9. Bock L. Analyse des sols et gestion de l'espace. Plaidoyer pour leur cadre géomophopédologique dans les projets, expertises et services de conseil. Etud. Gest. Sols 1994, 1:23-33.
10. Brady N.C., Weil R.R. The nature and properties of soils 2002, Prentice Hall, New Jersey. 13th ed.
11. Buruchara R., Tenywa M., Majaliwa J.G.M., Chiuri W., Mugabo J., Nyamwaro S.O. Integrated Agriculture Research for Development (IAR4D) an approach to enhance small-holder farmers' livelihood: Experiences from Lake Kivu Region. CIALCA, IITA, CIAT, TSBF, Biodiversity BTC, AGRA, Yifa, CTA, RAB 2011, Banana 2008 (Ed.).
12. Farmer First: Farmer Innovation and Agricultural Research 1989, Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, UK. R. Chambers, A. Pacey, A.T. Lori (Eds.).
13. CIFOR Integrated Natural Resource Management Research in the CGIAR 2000, Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia.
14. Cools N., De Pauw E., Deckers J. Towards an integration of conventional land evaluation methods and farmers' soil suitability assessment: a case study in northwestern Syria. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 2003, 95:327-342.
15. Dawoe E.K., Quashie-Sam J., Isaac M.E., Opong S.K. Exploring farmers' local knowledge and perceptions of soil fertility management in Ashanti region of Ghana. Geoderma 2012, 179-180:96-103.
16. Dehandschutter J., Buyagu S. Carte géologique du Rwanda à 1/100.000. Feuille Butare 1991, Musée Royale de l'Afrique Centrale (Tervuren, Belgique) et le Ministère de l'industrie et de l'Artisanat du Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.
17. Delepierre Les régions agricoles du Rwanda. Note Technique ISAR 13 1974, Rwanda Agricultural Research Institute (ISAR), Butare, Rwanda.
18. Drechsel P., Steiner K.G., Hagedonrn F. A revue on the potential of improved fallows and Green manure in Rwanda. Agroforest. Syst. 1996, 33:109-136.
19. Handbook for Integrated Soil Fertility Management 2012, Africa Soil Health Consortium, Nairobi. T. Fairhurst (Ed.).
20. Genot V., Colinet J., Bock L. La fertilité des sols en Région Wallonne. Gembloux, Belgium: Dossier scientifique réalisé dans le cadre de l'élaboration du Rapport analytique 2006 sur l'Etat de l'Environnement wallon 2006, Laboratoire de Géopédologie, Département Sol-Ecologie-Territoire; Faculté Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques de Gembloux, Gembloux.
21. German L., Mansoor H., Alemu G., Mazengia W., Amede T., Stroud A. Participatory integrated watershed management, evolution of concepts and methods in an ecoregional program of the eastern African highlands. Agric. Syst. 2007, 94:189-204.
22. Giller K.E., Tittonell P., Rufunio M.C., van Wijk M.T., Zingore S., Mapfumo P., Adjei-Nsiah S., et al. Communicating complexity, Integrated assessment of trade-offs concerning soil fertility management within African farming systems to support innovation and development. Agric. Syst. 2011, 104:191-203.
23. Gobin A., Campling P., Deckers J., Feyen J. Integrated toposequence analysis to combine local and scientific knowledge systems. Geoderma 2000, 97:103-123.
24. Habarurema E., Steiner K.G. Soil suitability classification by farmers in southern Rwanda. Geoderma 1997, 75:75-87.
25. IFAD Africa Fertilizer Summit 2006, http://www.ifad.org/events/fertilizer/index.htm, (accessed 27/12/2012).
26. Ingram J., Fry P., Mathieu A. Revealing different understanding of soil held by scientists and farmers in the context of soil protection and management. Land Use Policy 2010, 27:51-60.
27. ISNAR Le Système National de Recherche Agricole au Rwanda. Rapport au Gouvernement de la République Rwandaise 1982, International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR), Hagues, The Netherlands.
28. Jacob I. Dictionnaire Rwandais-Français: IRST 1985, TOME 1, 2 & 3, Kigali.
29. Jenney H. Factors of soil formation. A system of quantitative pedology 1941, MCgraw-Hill, New York.
30. Kolawole O.D. Soils, science and the politics of knowledge: how African smallholder farmers are framed and situated in the global debates on integrated soil fertility management. Land Use Policy 2013, 30:470-484.
31. Krasilnikov P.V., Tabor J.A. Perspectives on utilitarian ethnopedology. Geoderma 2003, 111(3-4):197-215.
32. Leeuwis C., van den Ban A. Communication for Rural Innovation: Rethinking Agricultural Extension 2004, Blackwells, Oxford, UK. third ed.
33. Marenya P., Nkonya E., Xiong W., Deustua J., Kato E. Which policy would work better for improved soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa, fertilizer subsidies or carbon credits?. Agric. Syst. 2012, 110:162-172.
34. McKenzie N., Coughlan N., Creswell H. Soil physics measurements and interpretation for land evaluation 2002, Csiro Publishing, Australia.
35. Mendham D.S., O'Connell A.M., Grove T.S., Rance S.J. Residue management effects on soil carbon and nutrient contents and growth of second rotation eucalypts. Forest Ecol. Manage. 2003, 181:357-372.
36. Milne G. Some suggested units of classifications and mapping, particularly for East Africa soils. Soil Res. 1935, 4:183-198.
37. MINECOFIN Economic Development & Poverty Reduction Strategy 2008-2012, Kigali, Rwanda 2007.
38. Mugendi N.D., Mugwe J., Mucheru-Muna M., Karega R., Muriuki J., Vanlauwe B., Merckx R. Innovation as Key to the Green Revolution in Africa 2011, Springer Science+Business Media B.V., Dordrecht, The Netherlands. A. Bationo (Ed.).
39. Neel H. L'Amélioration des Sols des Régions d'Altitude 1974, ISAR Bulletin Technique no. 11, Rubona, Rwanda.
40. Niemeijer D., Mazzucato V. Moving beyond indigenous soil taxonomies: local theories of soils for sustainable development. Geoderma 2003, 111:403-424.
41. Okusami T.A. Catena/toposequence/soil association: unifying concept. Soil Classification, Soil Genesis and Land Use in the West Africa Sub-Region-Nigeria 2006, http://www.ldd.go.th/18wcss/techprogram/P15374.HTM, (accessed 11/06/2013).
42. The World Food Problem: Another Low Cost Technology is Needed: The Failure of Conventional Agronomy, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1975, J. Papadakis (Ed.).
43. Parotta J.A. Productivity, nutrient, and succession in single- and mixed-species plantations of Casuarina equisetifolia, Eucalyptus robusta, and Leucaena leucocephala in Puerto Rico. Forest Ecol. Manage. 1999, 124:45-77.
44. Payton R.W., Barr J.J.F., Martin A., Silitoe P., Deckers J.F., Gowing J.W., Hatibu N., Naseem S.B., Tenywa M., Zuberi M.I. Contrasting approaches to integrating indigenous knowledge about soils and scientific soil survey in Eastern Africa and Bangladesh. Geoderma 2003, 111:355-386.
45. Prioul C., Sirven P. Atlas du Rwanda (planche X), Kigali 1981.
46. Quinlan T., Scogings P. Why bio-physical and social scientists can speak the same language when addressing sustainable development. Environ. Sci. Policy 2004, 7:537-546.
47. Rhoades R.E. Evolution of Agricultural Research and Development Since 1950: Toward an Integrated Framework, Gatekeeper Series 12 1999, IIED, London.
48. Roose E., Ndayizigiye F. Agroforestry, water and soil fertility management to fight erosion in tropical mountains of Rwanda. Soil Technol. 1997, 11:109-119.
49. Rushemuka P.N., Ruganzu V.M., Nduwumuremyi A., Ndizeye G., Nyirigira A., Bashir J. Imperative combination of lime, organic matter and fertilizers to foster the productivity of the Acidic and depleted soils of Southern Rwanda. Integrated Soil Fertility Management in Africa: From Microbes to Markets 2012, TSBF-CIAT and the University of Nairobi (Ed.).
50. Rutunga V. Essai de Synthèse des Connaissances Acquises sur la Fertilisation des Cultures au Rwanda (±1960-1990) 1991, Minagri, Kigali.
51. Rutunga V., Neel H. Yield trends in the long-term crop rotation with organic and inorganic fertilisers on Alisols in Mata (Rwanda). Biotechnol. Agron. Soc. Environ. 2006, 10(3):217-228.
52. Sanchez P.A. Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics 1976, A Wiley-Interscience Publication. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
53. Sanchez P.A., Shepherd D., Soule M.J., Place F.M., Buresh R.J., Iza A.N., Mokunye A.U., Kwesiga F.R., Ndiritu C.G., Woomer P.L. Soil fertility replenishment in Africa: an investment in natural resource capital. In Replenishing Soil Fertility in Africa 1998, SSSA Special Publication Number 51. Soil Science Society of America, USA.
54. Sandor J.A., WinklerPrins A.M.G.A., Barrera-Bassols N., Zink J.A. The heritage of soil knowledge among the word's cultures. Footprints in the Soil: People and Ideas in Soil History 2006, Elsevier, Amsterdam. B.P. Warkentin (Ed.).
55. Scoones I., Tompson J., Chambers R. Farmer First Revisited: Innovation for Agricultural Research and Development: Workshop Summary. 2008.
56. Sileshi G., Akinnifesi F.K., Debusho L.K., Beedy T. Maize yield gaps with plant nutrient inputs, soil type and climate across Sub Saharan Africa. Field Crop Res. 2010, 116:1-13.
57. Steiner K.G. Using farmers' knowledge of soils in making research results more relevant to field practice, experience from Rwanda. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 1998, 69:191-200.
58. Swedesurvey A.B. Orthophoto Map Based on Aerial Photography for the Preparation of the Rwanda Land Use and Development Master Plan 2008, Ministry of Natural Resources, Kigali, Rwanda.
59. Van Asten P.J.A., Kaaria S., Fermont A.M., Delve R.J. Challenges and lessons when using farmer knowledge in agricultural research and development projects in Africa. Exp. Agric. 2009, 45:1-14.
60. Verdoodt A., Van Ranst B. Land Evaluation for Agricultural Production in the Tropics: A Large Scale Land Suitability Classification for Rwanda 2003, Ghent University, Laboratory of Soil Science, Ghent, Belgium.
61. Weichselgartner J., Kasperson R. Barrier in the science-policy-practice interface: toward knowledge-action-system in global environmental change research. Global Environ. Change 2010, 20:266-277.
62. Wielemaker W.G., de Bruin S., Epema G.F., Veldkamp A. Significance and application of the multi-hierarchical land system in soil mapping. Catena 2001, 43:15-34.
63. Winkler Prins A.M.G.A. Insights and applications local soil knowledge: a tool for sustainable land management. Soc. Nat. Resour. 1999, 12(2):151-161.
64. WinklerPrins A.M.G.A., Sandor J.A. Local soil knowledge: insights, applications and challenges-preface. Geoderma 2003, 111:165-175.
65. Zingore S., Murwira H.K., Delve R.J., Giller K.E. Soil type, management history and current resource allocation: three dimensions regulating variability in crop productivity on African smallholder farms. Field Crops Res. 2007, 101:296-305.