Maize production must increase three-fold in sub-Saharan Africa to meet the needs of future
generations. Sustainably increasing maize production will require a portfolio of …

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) faces chronic food insecurity associated with soil degradation
and the peculiar aftermath of climate change and exacerbated by rising population and …

Increasing fertilizer access and use is an essential component for improving crop production
and food security in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, given the heterogeneous nature of …

Crop yields across sub-Saharan Africa are much lower than what is attainable given the
environmental conditions and available technologies. Closing this 'ecological yield gap'is …

Adequate crop yields to feed 7.8 billion people today, and nearly 10 billion by mid-century
(Vollset et al. 2020), depend on large amounts of nitrogen (N) input, which in turn represent …

Making full use of agricultural resource endowment, determining the planting suitability of
areas for different crops according to the environment and human activities, and optimizing …

CONTEXT Smallholder farmers of the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains (EIGP) of South Asia
rely mainly on cereal-based cropping systems to meet the food and nutritional demand and …

In the absence of a robust nutrient recommendation methodology for smallholder farmers in
China, fertilizers are being over-applied to potato fields, which not only threatens potato …

Crop rotations play crucial roles in maintaining soil fertility and crop productivity. However,
crop nitrogen (N) fertilizer management under different rotation systems has not been well …

While many have extolled the potential impacts of digital advisory services for smallholder
agriculture, the evidence for sustained uptake of such tools remains limited. This paper …