Fertilizer use by crop in Ghana

	Fertilizer use by crop in Ghana Land and Plant Nutrition Management Service Land and Water Development Division

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome, 2005

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International Fertilizer Industry Association

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Fertilizer use by crop in Ghana
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Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Abstract

Abbreviations

Chapter 1. Introduction

Land use
Agro-ecological zones
Climate
Soils

Chapter 2. Agricultural production

Principal agricultural crops
Cereals
Industrial crops

Starchy food crops other than cereals
Edible legumes
Vegetables
Fruit

Crops grown in the various agro-ecological zones

Chapter 3. Fertilizers in Ghana

Fertilizer imports
Fertilizer distribution
Fertilizer consumption
Fertilizer use by crop

Food crops
Export crops

Fertilizer use by region
Fertilizer marketing

Marketing costs and margins

Chapter 4. Manure as a source of nutrients

Nutrient content of manures
Response of crops to organic manure

Chapter 5. Crop response to fertilizers

Yam
Sweet potato

Effect of imbalanced fertilization on the yield of sweet potato

Cassava
Maize

Phosphorus fertilization
Effect of cattle manure and mineral fertilizer on grain maize yield

Pepper
Cocoa

Chapter 6. Economics of fertilizer use

Maize
Rice
Cassava
Groundnut

Chapter 7. Constraints to fertilizer use and outlook

Inadequate credit
High lending rates
Agricultural marketing deficiencies
Inadequate irrigation
Inadequate funding of agricultural projects
Outlook

References

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