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Despite describing a decline in soil fertility, Northern Ghanaian smallholders have not universally adopted use of organic, sustainable soil amendments such as compost. Farmers’ decisions about whether to use compost depend on their need and ability to do so. The agroecological context of a...
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We estimated a normalized translog yield-response model using African farm-household survey data to compare the yield of smallholder maize production under integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) and chemical-based soil fertility management. Controlling for other factors, maize yield...
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Pyrolysis is a useful alternative to the current waste management practices. Manure biochars can be used as C-rich soil … amendments, reducing the risk of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions derived from unpyrolyzed manure decomposition. In this study, two … manure biochars and their feedstock were used as soil amendments to evaluate the impact of pyrolysis on CO2 and N2O emissions …
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