Management of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fertilizers in Sub-saharan Africa Proceedings of a Symposium, Held in Lome, Togo, March 25-28, 1985.
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[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Mokwunye, Uzo M.; Vlek, Paul L.G.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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Springer Verlag
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2013
CONTENTS NOTE
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Fertilizer problems and policies in sub-Saharan Africa.- Constraints to fertilizer use in sub-Saharan Africa.- Fertility of soils of tropical Africa: a historical perspective.- Cropping systems and soil fertility management in the humid and subhumid tropics with special reference to West Africa.- Biological nitrogen fixation and soil fertility maintenance.- Management of nitrogen fertilizers for tropical african soils.- Phosphate deposits of tropical sub-Saharan Africa.- Processing phosphate ores into fertilizers.- Reactions of phosphate with tropical african soils.- Agronomic evaluation of phosphate fertilizers in tropical Africa.- Economic evaluation of alternative fertilizer technologies for tropical african agriculture.