Soil and Soil Fertility Management Research in Sub-Saharan Africa - Fifty Years of Shifting Visions and Chequered Achievements

This book describes the various paradigms underlying soil science and soil fertility research in sub-Saharan Africa over the last fifty years.

List of contents

1. The Exploratory Years: 1967-1976 2. More Exploration, Lagging Integration, Weak Impact: 1977-1982 3. New Trends, Old Habits: 1983-1988 4. Towards Farming Systems: 1989-1994 5. Ecoregions, Benchmarks and Projects: 1995-2001 6. Research for Development - From the Virtual to the Real Farm: 2002-2011 7. Addressing Farmers' Own Soil Fertility Challenges: 2012-Today 8. Looking Back and Moving Forward

About the author

Henk Mutsaers is a Farming Systems Agronomist based in the Netherlands.
Danny Coyne is a Soil Health Scientist at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Stefan Hauser is a Root and Tuber Systems Agronomist at IITA, based in Ibadan, Nigeria.
Jeroen Huising is a Soil Scientist at IITA, based in Ibadan, Nigeria.
Alpha Kamara is a Savannah Systems Agronomist at IITA, based in Ibadan, Nigeria.
Generose Nziguheba is a Soil Ecologist at IITA, based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Pieter Pypers is a Soil Fertility Specialist at IITA, based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Godfrey Taulya is a System Agronomist at IITA, based in Kampala, Uganda.
Piet van Asten is a Systems Agronomist at IITA, based in Kampala, Uganda.
Bernard Vanlauwe is R4D Director for Central Africa and Natural Resource Management at IITA, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Summary

This book describes the various paradigms underlying soil science and soil fertility research in sub-Saharan Africa over the last fifty years.

Product details

• Authors: Vanlauwe Bernard, Danny Coyne, Coyne Danny, Nziguheba Generose, Taulya Godfrey, Stefan Hauser, Jeroen Huising, Huising Jeroen, Alpha Kamara, Kamara Alpha, Henk Mutsaers, Henk Coyne Mutsaers, Henk Hauser Mutsaers, Mutsaers Henk, Generose Nziguheba, Nziguheba Generose, van Asten Piet, Pypers Pieter, Pieter Pypers, Pypers Pieter, Godfrey Taulya, Taulya Godfrey, Piet van Asten, Bernard Vanlauwe, Vanlauwe Bernard
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.03.2017
• EAN: 9781138698512
• ISBN: 978-1-138-69851-2
• No. of pages: 362
• Series: Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management; Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Sedimentology & Stratigraphy, Agricultural science, Soil science, sedimentology, Sub-Saharan Africa, Soil science and management, Sedimentology and pedology