Soil Fertility and Hunger in Africa

Soil Fertility and Hunger in Africa

Depletion of soil fertility, along with concomitant problems of weeds, pests and diseases, is a major biophysical cause of low per capita food production in Africa. A soil fertility replenishment approach that has been developed during the last 10 years by researchers from the International Center f...

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Veröffentlicht in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2002-03, Vol.295 (5562), p.2019-2020
1. Verfasser: Sanchez, Pedro A.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Africa
Agricultural development
Agricultural development projects
Agricultural Occupations
Agricultural production
Agroforestry
Company business planning
Corn
Crop economics
Crops
Developed Nations
Energy crops
Environmental Influences
Fallowing
food availability
Food supply
Forest soils
Human immunodeficiency virus
hunger
malaria
Methods
Mycobacterium
Organic farming
Participatory Research
Planning
Policy Forum
Prevention
resource exploitation
Soil degradation
Soil fertility
Soils
Sustainable agriculture
tuberculosis
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Zusammenfassung:Depletion of soil fertility, along with concomitant problems of weeds, pests and diseases, is a major biophysical cause of low per capita food production in Africa. A soil fertility replenishment approach that has been developed during the last 10 years by researchers from the International Center for Research in Agroforestry is discussed.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.1065256