Assessing Synergies and Trade-Offs from Nitrogen Use in Africa
Fertilizer use in African agriculture is extremely low—just 4% of global fertilizer use, with an annual average of only 8 kg nutrients ha−1 in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). A major focus of a new African Green Revolution is increasing inputs of nitrogen (N) t
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Enough Nitrogen Perspectives on how to get there for regions with too much and too little nitrogen
Just Enough Nitrogen
Mark A. Sutton Kate E. Mason Albert Bleeker W. Kevin Hicks Cargele Masso N. Raghuram Stefan Reis Mateete Bekunda •
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Just Enough Nitrogen Perspectives on how to get there for regions with too much and too little nitrogen
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Editors Mark A. Sutton UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) Edinburgh Research Station Penicuik, Midlothian, UK Albert Bleeker National Institute for Public Health and Environment (RIVM) Bilthoven, The Netherlands Cargele Masso International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Yaoundé Research Station Yaoundé, Cameroon Stefan Reis UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) Edinburgh Research Station Penicuik, Midlothian, UK
Kate E. Mason UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) Edinburgh Research Station Penicuik, Midlothian, UK W. Kevin Hicks Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Department of Environment and Geography University of York York, UK N. Raghuram University School of Biotechnology Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University New Delhi, India Mateete Bekunda International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Arusha, Tanzania
ISBN 978-3-030-58064-3 ISBN 978-3-030-58065-0 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58065-0
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Preface
The International Nitrogen Initiative—or INI for short—is a global network that focuses on bringing together scientific evidence to inform the development of policies and practices for better nitrogen management. In doing so, INI highlights a dual global challenge: that some regions of the wor
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