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A decision support tool for landscape targeted fertilizer management in Ethiopia

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/12031/
 
Title A decision support tool for landscape targeted fertilizer management in Ethiopia
 
Creator Desta, G
Nagaraji, S
 
Subject Ethiopia
 
Description In Ethiopia, smallholder agriculture is characterized by spatial and temporal variability of production factors such as climate, soil type, topographic, and crop management. This variability also affects the potential crop yield, fertilizer use efficiency, and return to fertilizer investment. Fertilizer recommendations are often based on soil test and crop response at specific locations which disregard the variability of production factors over space and time. Optimum fertilizer application should be differentiated according to landscape strata, soil type and fertility status, cropping system, and climate. The government has supplied only 1.7 million metric tons of fertilizer in 2020 that shows prioritization of fertilizer investment and site-specific recommendation is a major concern.
 
Publisher ICRISAT, Ethiopia
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/12031/1/Technical%20Brief_Fertilizer%20DST_Ethiopia_Dec2022.pdf
Desta, G and Nagaraji, S A decision support tool for landscape targeted fertilizer management in Ethiopia. Technical Report. ICRISAT, Ethiopia.