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Climate and development knowledge network : MEL quarterly report August 2020
Published date
Sunday, August 2, 2020 - 04:00
Adoption of micro-dosing can help poor rural men and women farmers to increase crop yields by 44-120% and net profit by 50 to 130%. The presentation shows results of on-farm trials for fertilizer micro-dosing and rainwater harvesting.
Harsh climate, characterized by low and erratic precipitation patterns, droughts, and poor soil fertility decrease cereal production in Sub-saharan Africa.
The presentation details the fertilizer microdosing technique of planting and applying fertilizer.