Alternative approaches for promoting fertilizer use in Africa

By Eric W. Crawford, Valerie A. Kelly, T. Jayne. 2006

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Citations in the corpus

• Does the combined application of organic and mineral nutrient sources influence maize productivity? A meta-analysis (2011, unknown): “While mineral fertilizers are widely used globally to overcome nutrient deficiencies, their use remains very low in SSA with average application rates of 8 kgha−1yr−1 (Crawford and Jayne 2010; Morris et al. 2007; Smaling 2006).”
• Seed, fertilizer, and agricultural extension in Ethiopia (2012, unknown): “This growth of total fertilizer consumption was more rapid than the average for Sub-Saharan Africa over the same period (Crawford et al. 2006; Jayne et al. 2003).”
• Soil quality and fertilizer use rates among smallholder farmers in western Kenya (2009, unknown): “The literature highlights the development policy imperative of increasing fertilizer use in SSA (Crawford and Jayne, 2006; Gregory and Bumb, 2006; Kelly, 2006; Kherallah et al., 2002; Morris et al., 2007; Poulton et al., 2006).”