Efficiency of fertilizer nitrogen in cereal production: retrospects and prospects

JK Ladha, H Pathak, TJ Krupnik, J Six… - Advances in agronomy, 2005 - Elsevier
Presently, 50% of the human population relies on nitrogen (N) fertilizer for food production.
The world today uses around 83 million metric tons of N, which is about a 100‐fold increase …

Does the combined application of organic and mineral nutrient sources influence maize productivity? A meta-analysis

P Chivenge, B Vanlauwe, J Six - Plant and Soil, 2011 - Springer
The combined application of organic resources (ORs) and mineral fertilizers is increasingly
gaining recognition as a viable approach to address soil fertility decline in sub-Saharan …

Recent patterns of crop yield growth and stagnation

DK Ray, N Ramankutty, ND Mueller, PC West… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
In the coming decades, continued population growth, rising meat and dairy consumption
and expanding biofuel use will dramatically increase the pressure on global agriculture …

Effects of combined application of organic amendments and fertilizers on crop yield and soil organic matter: An integrated analysis of long-term experiments

W Wei, Y Yan, J Cao, P Christie, F Zhang… - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2016 - Elsevier
A comprehensive synthesis of 32 long-term experiments in China is performed by
comparing yields and SOM contents and their time by nutrient management responses …

Agronomic use efficiency of N fertilizer in maize-based systems in sub-Saharan Africa within the context of integrated soil fertility management

B Vanlauwe, J Kihara, P Chivenge, P Pypers, R Coe… - Plant and soil, 2011 - Springer
Traditionally, crop production in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) depends primarily on mining soil
nutrients. Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) is an approach for intensifying …

Combining organic and mineral fertilizers as a climate-smart integrated soil fertility management practice in sub-Saharan Africa: A meta-analysis

G Gram, D Roobroeck, P Pypers, J Six, R Merckx… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Low productivity and climate change require climate-smart agriculture (CSA) for sub-
Saharan Africa (SSA), through (i) sustainably increasing crop productivity,(ii) enhancing the …

Popular myths around soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa

B Vanlauwe, KE Giller - Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 2006 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to demystify some of the popular myths related to tropical soil fertility
management that have gained hold in the development community and are often being …

Prospects for integrated soil fertility management using organic and inorganic inputs: evidence from smallholder African agricultural systems

F Place, CB Barrett, HA Freeman, JJ Ramisch… - Food policy, 2003 - Elsevier
This paper reviews current organic nutrient management practices and their integration with
mineral fertilizers in Sub-Saharan Africa with a view to understanding the potential impacts …

Crop yield-soil quality balance in double crop** in China's upland by organic amendments: A meta-analysis

P Li, Y Li, L Xu, H Zhang, X Shen, H Xu, J Jiao, H Li… - Geoderma, 2021 - Elsevier
The contradiction between rapid soil degradation and increased food demand is becoming
increasingly prominent. Reasonable recycling of agricultural waste can affect soil …

Sustainable resource management coupled to resilient germplasm to provide new intensive cereal–grain–legume–livestock systems in the dry savanna

N Sanginga, KE Dashiell, J Diels, B Vanlauwe… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2003 - Elsevier
Sustainable resource management is the critical agricultural research and development
challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. The accumulated knowledge on soil management …