Fertilizer use optimization in sub-Saharan Africa

• Hoofdauteur: Wortmann, Charles S. (auth)
• Andere auteurs: Sones, Keith (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: UK CABI 2017
• Onderwerpen: Fertilizers & manures; Soil science, sedimentology; Agricultural science; profitability; Nyasaland; Least Developed Countries; fertilisers; linear programming; application rates; Mozambique; optimization; Malawi; Mali; ACP Countries; Nigeria; Abyssinia; Community of Portuguese Language Countries; profits; Commonwealth of Nations; fertilizers; Bourkina Fasso; Niger; Rwanda; Tanzania; Africa; Ghana; Zambia; soil fertility; Kenya; Tanganyika; Portuguese Speaking Africa; Africa South of Sahara; Burkina Faso; West Africa; SADC Countries; Southern Africa; Francophone Africa; subsaharan Africa; Uganda; Developing Countries; Anglophone Africa; Ethiopia; East Africa
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This book contains 17 chapters providing details on decision tools that use linear programming to determine recommendations specific to a farmer's context intended to maximize profit from fertilizer use in sub-saharan Africa. Chapter 1 and 2 discusses the principles and approach, and spatial an...