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Integrated
Intensification Program
Development
and Dissemination of Sustainable Integrated Soil
Fertility Management Practices for Smallholder Farmers
in Sub-Saharan Africa
The
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
finances this project. The overall objective is to
increase farmers’ income through the development and
dissemination of Integrated Soil Fertility Management
(ISFM) strategies. It aims specifically at (1)
fine-tuning and dissemination of ISFM-technology
packages elaborated and tested in the IFAD 1 project,
(2) action research for the extension of the ‘menu’
of available ISFM strategies, (3) participatory
identification of bottlenecks for ISFM strategies for
facilitating dissemination and adoption and (4)
capacity building of NARES, NGOs and (IFAD) rural
development projects.
Contact:
Bidjokaso
Fofana--bfofana@ifdc.org
Agroforestry:
Response of Maize to NPK Fertilization and Parkland
and Alley Cropping
The
agroforestry experimentation financed by USAID is
reinforcing the soil fertility restoration project.
The objective is to develop appropriate technologies
for soil fertility restoration and improvement in
resource-poor areas of sub-Saharan Africa. The aim is
to evaluate the effect of organic materials of L.
leucocephala on fertilizer use efficiency in parkland
and alley cropping.
Contact:
Bidjokaso
Fofana--bfofana@ifdc.org
Village
Organization and Development--Projet d’Organisation
et de Développement Villageois (PODV)
Under
this project of the Togolese government, IFDC-Africa
has installed demonstration plots in 60 villages in
southern Togo. The objective is to trigger more
sustainable production through integrated soil
fertility management. The use of a cover crop,
phosphate rock and management of crop residues is
combined with the use of fertilizers. This activity is
carried out in close cooperation with the "Institut
Togolais de Recherche Agronomique" (ITRA). The
technology packages include maize-mucuna-mineral
fertilizer + phosphate rock (PR) and maize-mucuna-manioc-mineral
fertilizer + PR, based on biophysical on-farm research
and socioeconomic and institutional context.
Contact:
Adonko
Tamelokpo--atamelokpo@ifdc.org
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