Climate change impact on water-and nitrogen-use efficiencies and yields of maize and sorghum in the northern Benin dry savanna, West Africa

KA Amouzou, JPA Lamers, JB Naab… - Field Crops …, 2019 - Elsevier
Climate change and variability challenge crop productivity and resource use efficiency in
West Africa. Despite abundant research on climate change impact on crop yields and food …

Quantifying variability in maize yield response to nutrient applications in the northern Nigerian savanna

BM Shehu, R Merckx, JM Jibrin, AY Kamara, J Rurinda - Agronomy, 2018 - mdpi.com
Diagnostic on-farm nutrient omission trials were conducted over two crop** seasons
(2015 and 2016) to assess soil nutrients related constraints to maize yield in the northern …

Assessing the use of a drought-tolerant variety as adaptation strategy for maize production under climate change in the savannas of Nigeria

AI Tofa, AY Kamara, BA Babaji, FM Akinseye… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The Decision Support System for Agricultural Technology Transfer (DSSAT) was
used to quantify the impact of climate change on maize yield and the potential benefits of the …

Projecting maize yield under local‐scale climate change scenarios using crop models: Sensitivity to sowing dates, cultivar, and nitrogen fertilizer rates

CB Chisanga, E Phiri, VRN Chinene… - Food and Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The APSIM‐Maize and CERES‐Maize models are widely used in impact studies to
analyze the effect of climate change on future maize yield. The study objectives were to …

Using the DSSAT model to support decision making regarding fertilizer microdosing for maize production in the sub-humid region of Benin

PG Tovihoudji, PBI Akponikpè, EK Agbossou… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Fertilizer microdosing is being widely promoted across sub-Saharan Africa, yet all
recommendations regarding this technology are derived from short-term studies. Such …

Decision support tools for site-specific fertilizer recommendations and agricultural planning in selected countries in sub-Sahara Africa

DS MacCarthy, J Kihara, P Masikati… - Improving the Profitability …, 2018 - Springer
Recommendations and decisions of crop management in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are
often based on traditional field experimentation. This usually ignores the variability of …

CERES-Maize and CERES-Sorghum for modeling growth, nitrogen and phosphorus uptake, and soil moisture dynamics in the dry savanna of West Africa

KA Amouzou, JB Naab, JPA Lamers, M Becker - Field Crops Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Sustainable production practices are needed to enhance water and nutrient use efficiencies
in the crop** systems of West Africa, especially in face of predicted climate change for the …

[HTML][HTML] CERES-Maize model for simulating genotype-by-environment interaction of maize and its stability in the dry and wet savannas of Nigeria

AA Adnan, J Diels, JM Jibrin, AY Kamara, AS Shaibu… - Field crops …, 2020 - Elsevier
When properly calibrated and evaluated, dynamic crop simulation models can provide
insights into the different components of genotype by environment interactions (GEIs) …

Maize nutrient yield response and requirement in the maize belt of Nigeria

KT Aliyu, AY Kamara, EJ Huising… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Absence of site-specific nutrient recommendation and high spatial variability of soil fertility
are major factors affecting maize response to applied nutrients in Nigeria. In this study, we …

Options for calibrating CERES-maize genotype specific parameters under data-scarce environments

AA Adnan, J Diels, JM Jibrin, AY Kamara, P Craufurd… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Most crop simulation models require the use of Genotype Specific Parameters (GSPs) which
provide the Genotype component of G× E× M interactions. Estimation of GSPs is the most …