Fertilizer and Sustainable Intensification in Africa

Arbeitspapier

The paper investigates the important role of fertilizer to enhance sustainable intensification and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa based on a multi-disciplinary literature review. The review starts with a macro-perspective taking population growth, economic development and climate change into account. This is complemented with a micro-perspective summarizing findings from comprehensive micro-data in selected African countries. Agronomic, environmental and economic profitability implications of fertilizer use are reviewed. An assessment is made whether small farmers in Africa should be considered rational or partly irrational agricultural decision-makers and whether this can affect fertilizer use. I then discuss some controversial and promising policy approaches that may have the potential to enhance sustainable intensification and nutrient use efficiency in African agriculture before I conclude.

Angaben zum Objekt

• ISBN: 978-82-7490-265-7
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Centre for Land Tenure Studies Working Paper ; No. 1/18

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets ; Agricultural Policy; Food Policy ; Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
• Thema: Sub-Saharan Africa ; fertilizer ; sustainable intensification ; food security ; policy

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Holden, Stein T.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Centre for Land Tenure Studies (CLTS)
• (wo): Ås
• (wann): 2018

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/242762
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ