There are more than 60 million smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Declining soil fertility is a fundamental impediment to agricultural growth and a major reason for slow growth in food production in SSA. In Africa, as a result of soil degradation, irrigated lands may be, on average, 7 percent below their potential productivity, rain-fed crop lands 14 percent below their potential and rangelands 45 percent below potential. Compared to...
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Improving soil fertility management in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Graeme Donovan, Frank Casey.
Improving soil fertility management in Sub-Saharan Africa (English). Africa Region findings ; no. 121 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/150781468193494166