Managing Nutrients for Climatic Resilience in African Smallholder Maize Production

Jairos Rurinda, Mark T. van Wijk, Paul Mapfumo, and Ken E. Giller

Soil nutrient management proves critical to increase maize yield under both current and projected climatic conditions. The yield benefits from nutrient management are further enhanced given an early maize planting date.

DOI: 10.24047/BC102129

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Keywords

climate change
APSIM
planting date
simulation modelling
Zea mays

Jairos Rurinda, Mark T. van Wijk, Paul Mapfumo, and Ken E. Giller. 2018. Managing Nutrients for Climatic Resilience in African Smallholder Maize Production. Better Crops 102(1): 29-32. doi.org/10.24047/BC102129