Background Maize production in semi‐arid areas has been hindered by moisture stress and
poor soil fertility. Long frequent droughts and shortening of growing seasons have been …

Extraction of coal through opencast mining leads to the buildup of heaps of overburden (OB)
material, which poses a significant risk to production safety and environmental stability. A …

Soil infertility is one of the constraints contributing to poor sorghum production in semi-arid
areas across Africa. To increase sorghum production, there is need to address soil fertility …

Soil fertility management is essential to sustain agricultural production in smallholder
farming systems. An experiment was carried out to assess the viability of the combined use …

Background Farmers in marginalised areas across Africa are mainly resource poor and
have limited capacity to procure enough inorganic fertilisers. This contributed immensely …

Sorghum grain yield is constrained commonly by soil nutrient deficiency and water stress in
semi-arid areas across Africa. Grain yields ranges from 500 to 650 kg ha− 1 in some parts of …

Biochar has many potential benefits in agroecosystems such as increasing productivity of
crops and modifying soil nutrient content. Biochar is sourced from many waste materials …

Introduction Soil organic matter (SOM) plays a vital role in enhancing soil characteristics and
promoting sustainable crop production. The active and passive components of SOM tend to …

Salinity stress (SS) is a major and increasing abiotic stress adversely affecting plant growth
and productivity across the globe. The application of organic amendments (OA) is …

Black shank disease is an important factor limiting the yield of flue-cured tobacco. Soil
amendments have the potential to improve soil health and increase crop yield and quality …