<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Farmers’ perceptions and attitudes towards introduced soil-fertility enhancing technologies in western Africa"^^ . "Soil fertility enhancing technologies (SFETs) have been promoted in the West African Semi-Arid Tropics\r\n(WASAT) for many years with limited success. Using a qualitative approach of focus group discussions, long, openended\r\ninterviews and observations from field visits, this paper explores with farmers their beliefs and rationales\r\nbehind the adoption or non-adoption of SFETs. Farmers are knowledgeable about, and practise SFETs of rock\r\nphosphate application, crop residue and farm yard manure, chemical fertilizer and crop rotation to combat soil\r\nfertility decline. Their attitudes to and rationales behind adoption decisions are influenced by the availability\r\nand use policies of land and labour resources, food security concerns, perceived profitability, contribution to\r\nsustainability and access to information. Some of the factors are beyond farmers’ control and require a broad\r\nand integrated effort from research, extension and government to promote the use of the SFETs in the region."^^ . "1999" . . "53" . "2" . . "Springer"^^ . . . "Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems"^^ . . . "13851314" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "A"^^ . "Bationo"^^ . "A Bationo"^^ . . "S K"^^ . "Debrah"^^ . "S K Debrah"^^ . . "L A"^^ . "Enyong"^^ . "L A Enyong"^^ . . . . . . "Farmers’ perceptions and attitudes towards introduced soil-fertility enhancing technologies in western Africa (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Farmers’ perceptions and attitudes towards introduced soil-fertility enhancing technologies in western Africa (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Farmers’ perceptions and attitudes towards introduced soil-fertility enhancing technologies in western Africa (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Farmers’ perceptions and attitudes towards introduced soil-fertility enhancing technologies in western Africa (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Farmers’ perceptions and attitudes towards introduced soil-fertility enhancing technologies in western Africa (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Farmers’ perceptions and attitudes towards introduced soil-fertility enhancing technologies in western Africa (Indexer Terms)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #5111 \n\nFarmers’ perceptions and attitudes towards introduced soil-fertility enhancing technologies in western Africa\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Soil Science"@en . . . "Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics"@en . . . "Fertilizer Applications"@en . .