A decision support tool for landscape targeted fertilizer management in Ethiopia

    Desta, G and Nagaraji, S A decision support tool for landscape targeted fertilizer management in Ethiopia. Technical Report. ICRISAT, Ethiopia.

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    Global Research Program - Resilient Farm and Food Systems

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    In Ethiopia, smallholder agriculture is characterized by spatial and temporal variability of production factors such as climate, soil type, topographic, and crop management. This variability also affects the potential crop yield, fertilizer use efficiency, and return to fertilizer investment. Fertilizer recommendations are often based on soil test and crop response at specific locations which disregard the variability of production factors over space and time. Optimum fertilizer application should be differentiated according to landscape strata, soil type and fertility status, cropping system, and climate. The government has supplied only 1.7 million metric tons of fertilizer in 2020 that shows prioritization of fertilizer investment and site-specific recommendation is a major concern.

    Item Type: Monograph (Technical Report)
    Divisions: Global Research Program - Resilient Farm and Food Systems
    CRP: UNSPECIFIED
    Uncontrolled Keywords: Ethiopia, EiA, Fertilizer management
    Subjects: Others > Ethiopia
    Depositing User: Mr Ramesh MNR
    Date Deposited: 05 Jan 2023 04:42
    Last Modified: 06 Jan 2023 12:31
    URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/12031
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