<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Fertilizer micro-dosing in West African low-input cereals cropping: Benefits, challenges and improvement strategies"^^ . "Soil amendments are often unavailable in adequate quantities for increased crop production in smallholder cereal-based cropping systems in Africa. In order to increase crop yields and encourage farmers to apply inorganic fertilizers, fertilizer micro-dosing technology was developed. Fertilizer micro-dosing or “micro-fertilization” consists of the application of a small quantity of mineral fertilizer together with seeds of the target crop in the planting hole at sowing or 2-4 weeks after sowing. The objective of this paper is to review literature concerning crops responses to fertilizer micro-dosing in West Africa. The review also evaluates the benefits and challenges associated with nutrient management under fertilizer micro-dosing and supportive strategies for further improvement in the efficient use of limited nutrient sources of smallholder farmers were suggested. Recent scientific developments on fertilizer micro-dosing revealed that this technology has given promising results in respect of crop yields improvement, fertilizer use efficiency and economic returns. Other studies have, however, indicated that fertilizer micro-dosing increases the risk of soil nutrient imbalances due to low-input. For this reason, we suggest that fertilizer micro-dosing should be used in concert with organic amendments to optimize productivity of smallholder farmers in West Africa."^^ . "2017-04" . . "12" . "14" . . "Academic Journals"^^ . . . "African Journal of Agricultural Research"^^ . . . "1991637X" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "U I"^^ . "Monica"^^ . "U I Monica"^^ . . "E Y"^^ . "Safo"^^ . "E Y Safo"^^ . . "A"^^ . "Ibrahim"^^ . "A Ibrahim"^^ . . "O C"^^ . "Blessing"^^ . "O C Blessing"^^ . . "E"^^ . "Yeboah"^^ . "E Yeboah"^^ . . "V"^^ . "Logah"^^ . "V Logah"^^ . . "R C"^^ . "Abaidoo"^^ . "R C Abaidoo"^^ . . . . . . "Fertilizer micro-dosing in West African low-input cereals cropping: Benefits, challenges and improvement strategies (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Fertilizer micro-dosing.pdf"^^ . . . "Fertilizer micro-dosing in West African low-input cereals cropping: Benefits, challenges and improvement strategies (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Fertilizer micro-dosing in West African low-input cereals cropping: Benefits, challenges and improvement strategies (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Fertilizer micro-dosing in West African low-input cereals cropping: Benefits, challenges and improvement strategies (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Fertilizer micro-dosing in West African low-input cereals cropping: Benefits, challenges and improvement strategies (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Fertilizer micro-dosing in West African low-input cereals cropping: Benefits, challenges and improvement strategies (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #9970 \n\nFertilizer micro-dosing in West African low-input cereals cropping: Benefits, challenges and improvement strategies\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Cereals"@en . . . "Fertilizers"@en . . . "Fertilizer Applications"@en . . . "African Agriculture"@en . . . "West Africa"@en . .