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Sousa, Fernando; Nicolay, Gian L.; Spurk, Christoph; Adamtey, Noah; Fliessbach, Andreas. |
Soil fertility is at stake at a global scale, putting pressure on food security, poverty alleviation and environmental protection, under scenarios of climate change that in most cases aggravate the threat. In sub-Saharan Africa, a combination of depleted soils and population growth adds particular pressure to smallholder farmers and society. Their capacity to innovate in a social, economic, political and cultural context is seen as decisive to reverse the trend of declining soil fertility. However, many technologies with a potential to protect, maintain and build up soil fertility are hardly used by small-scale farmers, triggering the urgent question on their reasoning not to do so. Exploring and understanding the constraints and complexity of the social... |
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Soil Education; Extension and communication Knowledge management. |
Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/34444/1/Conference%20paper%20-%20SHE_Final.pdf |
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