Authors
Bernard Vanlauwe, AH AbdelGadir, Julius Adewopo, Samuel Adjei-Nsiah, T Ampadu-Boakye, R Asare, F Baijukya, E Baars, M Bekunda, D Coyne, M Dianda, Paul M Dontsop-Nguezet, Peter Ebanyat, S Hauser, Jeroen Huising, A Jalloh, L Jassogne, N Kamai, A Kamara, F Kanampiu, A Kehbila, K Kintche, C Kreye, Asamoah Larbi, C Masso, P Matungulu, I Mohammed, L Nabahungu, F Nielsen, Generose Nziguheba, Pieter Pypers, D Roobroeck, Marc Schut, Godfrey Taulya, M Thuita, Veronica NE Uzokwe, P van Asten, L Wairegi, Martin Yemefack, HJW Mutsaers
Publication date
2017/11/2
Journal
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
Volume
15
Issue
6
Pages
613-631
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Description
Low and declining soil fertility has been recognized for a long time as a major impediment to intensifying agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Consequently, from the inception of international agricultural research, centres operating in SSA have had a research programme focusing on soil and soil fertility management, including the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). The scope, content, and approaches of soil and soil fertility management research have changed over the past decades in response to lessons learnt and internal and external drivers and this paper uses IITA as a case study to document and analyse the consequences of strategic decisions taken on technology development, validation, and ultimately uptake by smallholder farmers in SSA. After an initial section describing the external environment within which soil and soil fertility management research is operating, various …
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