Title: Training programs and in-the-field guidance to reduce China's overuse of fertilizer without hurting profitability
Abstract: Chemical fertilizer plays an important role in increasing agricultural production in all countries. The problem in many developing countries typically has been that because farmers are credit constrained (and perhaps are unused to using chemical fertilizers or do not have access to the appropriate complementary inputs—e.g., high quality seeds and water), farmers do not use enough. Fertilizer use in many countries of Africa, for example, is very low, on average only about 5 to 10 kg ha-1 (4 to 9 lb ac-1).
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-09-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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