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August 8, 2023

The Impact of the Global Fertilizer Crisis in Africa

By Samuel Njoroge, Esther Mugi-Ngenga, Pauline Chivenge, Hakim Boulal, Shamie Zingore, Kaushik Majumdar

Soil Health for Improved Livelihoods

December 15, 2022

Grain Legumes Contribute Immediate and Residual-Effects in Rain-fed Maize Production Systems

Within-season effects of intercropping are receiving increasing attention. However, the rotational performance is rarely investigated across seasons, even though the two are complementary strategies providing spatial-temporal crop diversification.

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Share your Snapshots: Honouring a Century-Old Tree

APNI’s scientists alongside researchers from the Tunisian Olive Institute (OIT) assessed biomass accumulation of this century-old olive tree to determine its capacity to partition nutrients and sequester carbon.

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Ask an APNI Expert: Can we estimate the fertility status of soil without knowing the plant nutrient status?

In short, the answer is yes, you can estimate the fertility status of soil without knowing the plant nutrient status. Traditionally this can be done through soil analysis, which provides an index of the plant availability of soil nutrients through a standardized test from a lab. Other soil tests can assess properties such as soil pH, cation exchange capacity, and organic matter content, which all contribute to the soil’s potential to supply the right balance of nutrients at rates that meet the demands of a productive crop.

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Share your Snapshots: Embu Road

Share your photos from the field on Instagram using the hashtag #ShareGrowingAfrica Not on Instagram yet? You can submit your photos to communications@apni.net for a..