Phosphorus in smallholder farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa: implications for agricultural intensification

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 321-340

  Nziguheba, Generose ^a   Zingore, Shamie ^b   Kihara, Job ^c   Merckx, Roel ^d   Njoroge, Samuel ^b   Otinga, Abigael ^e   Vandamme, Elke ^f   Vanlauwe, Bernard ^a  

^a International Institute of Tropical Agriculture   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL PLANT NUTRITION INSTITUTE   (China)

^c International Institute for Tropical Agriculture   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ELDORET   (Kenya)

^f East and Southern Africa Rice Program   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Agronomic P use efficiency; Optimization; P sources; P efficient genotypes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRONOMY; CROP PRODUCTION; FARMING SYSTEM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GENOTYPE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT LOSS; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION; PHOSPHORUS; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84944605823     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-015-9729-y     Document Type: Article

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