Managing Fertilizer Recommendations in Rice-Based Cropping Systems Challenges and Strategic Approaches

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR multi-centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropicsen
cg.contributor.affiliationAfrica Rice Centeren
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58789-9_3en
cg.isbn9783319587882en
cg.isbn9783319587899en
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorBado, V.B.en
dc.contributor.authorDjaman, K.en
dc.contributor.authorValère, M.C.en
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-02T14:57:04Zen
dc.date.available2019-07-02T14:57:04Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/102064
dc.titleManaging Fertilizer Recommendations in Rice-Based Cropping Systems Challenges and Strategic Approachesen
dcterms.abstractImproving agricultural productivity to facing the fast growing food demands is the huge challenge of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Fertilizer is a powerful productivity-enhancing input, but farmers of SSA use only 5 to 9 kg ha−1 of fertilizer, ten time less than Latin America and Asia (50 and 80 kg ha−1, respectively). Rice (Oryza sativa) is one of the most important food crops of SSA and rice consumption is growing faster than the consumption of any other commodity in Africa. Rice-based systems have high potential for improving food production through an efficient management of fertilizers. The biophysical environment, cropping systems and, socio-economic environment of farmers including market opportunities are the main factors for development of appropriate fertilizer recommendations. This paper makes a critical review of rice-based systems in Africa and the main achievements on fertilizer recommendation, and further identifies the main challenges and opportunities to improve fertilizer use efficiency in rice-based systems. The opportunities offered by the new concepts, modeling and decision support tools that have been recently developed for better management of fertilizers in rice systems have been discussed. Beyond the traditional techniques of blanket fertilizer recommendations by country, some suggestions are proposed to improve the utilization of the new concepts and decisions support tools for better management of fertilizer in the rice-based systems.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.available2018-04-04en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBado, V.B., Djaman, K., and Valère, M.C. 2018. Managing Fertilizer Recommendations in Rice-Based Cropping Systems Challenges and Strategic Approaches. In: Bationo, A., Ngaradoum, D., Youl, S., Lompo, F., Fening, J. (eds) Improving the Profitability, Sustainability and Efficiency of Nutrients Through Site Specific Fertilizer Recommendations in West Africa Agro-Ecosystems. Springer, Cham: 25-50en
dcterms.issued2018en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.subjectnutrient managementen
dcterms.subjectriceen
dcterms.subjectcropping systemsen
dcterms.subjectfertilizersen
dcterms.subjectoryza sativaen
dcterms.typeBook Chapter

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