Integrated soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa: unravelling local adaptation

Vanlauwe, B.; Descheemaeker, K.; Giller, K. E.; Huising, J.; Merckx, R.; Nziguheba, G.; Wendt, J.; Zingore, S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-491-2015

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Integrated soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa: unravelling local adaptation

B. Vanlauwe, K. Descheemaeker, K. E. Giller, J. Huising, R. Merckx, G. Nziguheba, J. Wendt, and S. Zingore

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RC C461: 'REVIEW REPORT SOILD-1-1239-2014 Integrated soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa: unravelling local adaptation', Lieven Claessens, 16 Jan 2015
SC C511: 'SOILD-1-1239-2014', Roelf Voortman, 27 Jan 2015
RC C671: 'Peer Review of Paper on ‘Integrated soil Fertility Management in sub- Saharan Africa: Unravelling local adaptation’.', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Feb 2015
AC C712: 'Author comments', Bernard Vanlauwe, 24 Feb 2015

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ED: Publish as is (06 May 2015) by Jorge Mataix-Solera (Executive editor)

AR by Bernard Vanlauwe on behalf of the Authors (01 Jun 2015) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

The "local adaptation" component of integrated soil fertility management operates at field and farm scale. At field scale, the application of implements other than improved germplasm, fertilizer, and organic inputs can enhance the agronomic efficiency (AE) of fertilizer. Examples include the application of lime, secondary and micronutrients, water harvesting, and soil tillage practices. At farm scale, targeting fertilizer within variable farms is shown to significantly affect AE of fertilizer.