Soil nutrient management practices towards climate-smart agriculture : mitigation, adaptation and sustainable yield intensification in a Nitisol in Southwestern Ethiopia

Gebeyanesh Worku Zerssa

doi:10.18453/rosdok_id00004362

Gebeyanesh Worku Zerssa

Soil nutrient management practices towards climate-smart agriculture : mitigation, adaptation and sustainable yield intensification in a Nitisol in Southwestern Ethiopia

Universität Rostock, 2022

https://doi.org/10.18453/rosdok_id00004362

Abstract: The current study aimed to analyze the effect of nutrient management on climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and to identify the appropriate ratio that meets the three pillars of CSA (mitigating greenhouse gas, sustainable yield intensification, and strengthening resilience). The study determined that a combined application of 30‒50 kg N ha‒1 mineral fertilizer with 50‒70% N from compost was an appropriate ratio for achieving the three pillars of CSA as well as other benefits to ensure sustainable maize production in Ethiopia and other Sub-Saharan Africa for similar soil types.

doctoral thesis free access

title:

Soil nutrient management practices towards climate-smart agriculture: mitigation, adaptation and sustainable yield intensification in a Nitisol in Southwestern Ethiopia

contributing persons:

Gebeyanesh Worku Zerssa[VerfasserIn]
	0000-0003-3967-3694
	1295739712
Bettina Eichler-Löbermann[AkademischeR BetreuerIn]
	120318377
	Universität Rostock, Germany
Solomon Adissu Legesse[AkademischeR BetreuerIn]
	Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia
Thomas Döring[AkademischeR BetreuerIn]
	Universität Bonn, Germany

contributing corporate bodies:

Universität Rostock[Grad-verleihende Institution]
	38329-6
Universität Rostock, Agrar- und Umweltwissenschaftliche Fakultät[Grad-verleihende Institution]
	10025954-6

abstract:

The current study aimed to analyze the effect of nutrient management on climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and to identify the appropriate ratio that meets the three pillars of CSA (mitigating greenhouse gas, sustainable yield intensification, and strengthening resilience). The study determined that a combined application of 30‒50 kg N ha‒1 mineral fertilizer with 50‒70% N from compost was an appropriate ratio for achieving the three pillars of CSA as well as other benefits to ensure sustainable maize production in Ethiopia and other Sub-Saharan Africa for similar soil types. [English]

document type:

doctoral thesis

institution:

Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

language:

English

subject class (DDC):

630 Agriculture

publication /
production:

Rostock

Rostock: Universität Rostock

2022

statement of responsibility:

vorgelegt von Gebeyanesh Worku Zerssa

notes:

Enthält Zeitschriftenartikel

Articles included Chapter 2: Zerssa, G., Feyssa, D., Kim, D. G., & Eichler-Löbermann, B. (2021). Challenges of smallholder farming in Ethiopia and opportunities by adopting climate-smart agriculture. Agriculture, 11(3), 192. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11030192 Chapter 3: Zerssa, G. W., Kim, D. G., Koal, P., & Eichler-Löbermann, B. (2021). Combination of Compost and Mineral Fertilizers as an Option for Enhancing Maize (Zea mays L.) Yields and Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from a Nitisol in Ethiopia. Agronomy, 11(11), 2097. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11112097 Chapter 4: Zerssa, G. W., Kim, D. G., Koal, P., & Eichler-Löbermann, B. (2023). Grain Mineral Concentrations in Maize (Zea Mays L.) and Nutrient Use Efficiency as Affected by Fertilizer Management on a Nitisol in Southwestern Ethiopia, Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, https://doi.org/10.1080/00103624.2023.2211107

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