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Fertilizer use in African agriculture : lessons learned and good practice guidelines

Title
Fertilizer use in African agriculture : lessons learned and good practice guidelines / Michael Morris [and others].
Publication
Washington, DC : World Bank, [2007], ©2007.

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Additional Authors
Morris, Michael L.
Description
xiv, 144 pages : illustrations; 23 cm +
Summary
"Fertilizer Use in African Agriculture: Lessons Learned and Good Practice Guidelines summarizes the findings of a major study undertaken by the World Bank to Identify promising policy options for promoting increased fertilizer use in Africa, with the ultimate goal of boosting agricultural productivity in smallholder farming systems and reducing poverty. The book summarizes lessons learned from past efforts to promote fertilizer in Africa, provides an overview of the current state of knowledge about technical aspects of fertilizer use in Africa, and presents good practice guidelines for promoting sustainable increases in fertilizer use. The good practice guidelines - which form the basis of an interactive policymaker's tool kit included on a CD accompanying the book - relate not only to the more focused problem of encouraging increased fertilizer use by farmers, but also to the broader challenge of creating the type of enabling environment that is needed to support the emergence of efficient, dynamic and commercially viable fertilizer marketing systems."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
Directions in development. Agriculture and rural development
Uniform Title
Directions in development (Washington, D.C.)
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-136) and index.
Contents
Ch. 1. Introduction and overview -- Ch. 2. Agriculture, pro-poor growth, and the role of fertiliser -- Ch. 3. Experience in promoting fertiliser use in Africa -- Ch. 4. Reasons for low fertilizer use in Africa -- Ch. 5. Good practices for promoting fertiliser demand -- Ch. 6. Good practices for promoting fertilizer supply -- Ch. 7. Rethinking the role of fertilizer subsidies -- Ch. 8. Summary and conclusions.
ISBN
  • 082136880X (pbk.)
  • 9780821368800 (pbk.)
  • 9780821368817 (electronic)
  • 0821368818 (electronic)
LCCN
2006033477
OCLC
  • ocm73926827
  • SCSB-9210759
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries