Resource limitations in Sahelian agriculture |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute of Public Goods and Policies (IPP), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Albasanz 26-28, 28037 Madrid, Spain;2. Department of Environmental, Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, US;1. Université de Toulouse, UPS, LHFA, 118 route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse Cedex 9, France;2. CNRS, LHFA UMR 5069, 118 route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse Cedex 9, France;3. Université de Toulouse, UPS, Institut de Chimie de Toulouse FR2599, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 9, France |
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| Abstract: | In general, Africa has poor soils and unfavorable climates for agriculture. This is specially so in the Sahel of West Africa. Moreover, poor infrastructure means that fertilizer prices are higher in the Sahel than in Europe. Sahelian farmers have few incentives to maintain, let alone improve output. Nonetheless, the results of field experiments show that there are methods by which they could do this, in particular, by improving soil organic matter status, since this is often the principal way in which N, P and K are held in the soil. In the general absence of good policies to encourage fertility improvement, the Lomé workshop set goals for national fertilizer plans. |
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