Sub Saharan Africa

 

   Delivery of Scalable Nitrogen Fertilizer Recommendations using Optical Sensors for Sub Saharan Africa

Last update: June 22, 2016
GreenSeeker Extension in Ethiopia with CIMMYT
GreenSeeker Extension In Zimbabwe with CIMMYT
GreenSeeker Extension in Uzbekistan (ICARDA-CIMMYT)

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in Mexico City

 
Haramaya University, Ethiopia 

Makerere University, Uganda
Makerere University, Uganda
CIMMYT-Zimbabwe
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
IFAD, International Fund for Agricultural Development
Sensor Based Nitrogen Rate Calculator, Topdress and Sidedress N rates for Corn and Wheat, Nitrogen management
Sensor Based Nitrogen Rate Calculator, on-line in 2002

How can the SBNRC Help You?
How do I get started using the GreenSeeker Technology

Ramp Calibration Strips for improved mid-season fertilizer N rate recommendations
Don't apply more N than you need


 

  Articles (SSA from CIMMYT, Dr. Ken Sayre)
Conservation Agriculture - Sustainable System
The Problem of Soil and Land Degradation
  Nitrogen use efficiency, improved methods of N fertilization for corn and wheat
World Nitrogen Use Efficiency for Cereal Production is 33%,
Agronomy Journal 91:357