Productivity, profitability and partial nutrient balance in maize-based conventional and organic farming systems in Kenya

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 235, Issue , 2016, Pages 61-79

  Adamtey, Noah ^a   Musyoka, Martha W ^b   Zundel, Christine ^c   Cobo, Juan Guillermo ^a   Karanja, Edward ^b   Fiaboe, Komi K M ^b   Muriuki, Anne ^d   Mucheru Muna, Monicah ^e   Vanlauwe, Bernard ^f   Berset, Estelle ^a   Messmer, Monika M ^a   Gattinger, Andreas ^a   Bhullar, Gurbir S ^a   Cadisch, Georg ^g   Fliessbach, Andreas ^a   Mäder, Paul ^a   Niggli, Urs ^a   Foster, Dionys ^a  

^a Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL)   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c Federal Office for Agriculture   (Switzerland)

^d KENYA AGRICULTURAL AND LIVESTOCK RESEARCH ORGANIZATION   (Kenya)

^e KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^f International Institute of Tropical Agriculture IITA   (Kenya)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

conventional farming systems; high inputs; low inputs; nutrient export; Organic farming systems; partial nutrient balance

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; DRY MATTER; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; INTERCROPPING; MAIZE; MARKET SYSTEM; NUTRIENT BUDGET; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ORGANIC FARMING; PROFITABILITY; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL FERTILITY;

CHUKA; KENYA; KIAMBU; NAIROBI [KENYA]; NAIROBI [NAIROBI (CNT)]; THARAKA-NITHI; THIKA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84992520793     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2016.10.001     Document Type: Article

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