Grain Productivity, Fertilizer Response and Nutrient Balance of Farming Systems in Tigray, Ethiopia: A Multi-Perspective View in Relation to Soil Fertility Degradation

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 701-710

  Kraaijvanger, Richard ^a,b   Veldkamp, Tom ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fertilizer recommendations; On farm experimentation; Pathways of transition; People Planet Profit; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CROPS; FOOD SUPPLY; MANURES; NUTRIENTS; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFITABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; FERTILIZER RESPONSE; GRAIN PRODUCTIVITIES; MIXED FARMING SYSTEMS; MULTI-PERSPECTIVE VIEWS; ON-FARM EXPERIMENTATION; PATHWAYS OF TRANSITION; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SCALE;

FERTILIZERS;

CEREAL; CROP PRODUCTION; FARMING SYSTEM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD SECURITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PROFITABILITY; SOIL FERTILITY; STAKEHOLDER;

ETHIOPIA; TIGRAY;

EID: 84944585585     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2330     Document Type: Article

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