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Overview of long term experiments in Africa
(Springer Netherlands, 2012-01-01) Mugwe, J.; Bationo, A.; Waswa, B.; Abdou, A.; Bado, B.V.; Bonzi, M.; Iwuafor, E.; Kibunja, C.; Kihara, J.; Mucheru, M.; Mugendi, D.N.; Mwale, C.; Okeyo, J.; Olle, A.; Roing, K.; Sedogo, M.
The prevailing low food production in sub-Saharan Africa is an issue of great concern especially since Africa south of the Sahara is the only remaining region of the world where per capita food production has remained stagnant. This chapter reviews long-term experiments in Africa in the context of shifting paradigms related to tropical soil fertility management from first external input paradigm right through to the current Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) approach, which is a culmination of the participatory methods