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2017 Annual Meeting | Oct. 22-25 | Tampa, FL

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233 Information Delivery Tools to Enhance Agricultural Productivity and Profitability for Smallholder Farmers

Oral Session
ASA Section: Global Agronomy
Advances in technology provide unique opportunities to improve productivity and profit margins for smallholder farmers in Africa as in other developing countries.  For example the use of cell phones to access soil information, or agricultural inputs, the use of text messaging by input vendors to meet with groups of farmers and for rural banking is changing the way farmers do business. Participants will share scalable lessons learned.   
Cosponsor(s):

Agronomy in Africa Community

SSSA Division: Pedology
SSSA Division: Soil Education and Outreach

Agronomic Solutions for Smallholders Community
Extension Education Community
Global Digital Soil Map Community

Tuesday, October 24, 2017: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Marriott Tampa Waterside, Room 1

Organizer:
Charles E. Kome
10:30 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:35 AM
233-1
A Farmstead-Specific Early Warning Service System for Weather Risk Management in Korea.
Kyo-Moon Shim, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences; Yong-Seok Kim, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences; Myung-Pyo Jung, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences; In-Tae Choi, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences; Kee-Kyung Kang, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences
10:50 AM
233-2
When "Best Practices" Aren't Good Enough: Testing New Cultivars, Inorganic Fertilizers, and Organic Amendments in Semi-Arid West Africa.
Jon Eldon, UC Santa Cruz; Graeme Baird, University of California-Santa Cruz; Carol Shennan, UC Santa Cruz
Audio File Recorded Presentation
11:05 AM
233-3
Non-Responsiveness of Maize and Soybean Crops to Inorganic Fertilizers: Assessing Probabilities and Understanding Biophysical Causes Across African Agro-Ecosystems.
Dries Roobroeck, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (CGIAR); Generose Nziguheba, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture-Nigeria; Bernard Vanlauwe, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture; Cheryl A. Palm, University of Florida
Audio File Recorded Presentation
11:20 AM
233-4
Biochar Use in Tropical Farming Systems: A Unique Window to Sustainable Intensification of Crop Productivity.
Kristina Roing de Nowina, Center for International Forestry Research (CGIAR); Geoffrey Kimutai, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (CGIAR); Erik Karltun, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; Gert Nyberg, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; Olof Andren, Olof Andren, Professor; Dries Roobroeck, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (CGIAR); Bernard Vanlauwe, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture; Thomas Kätterer, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Audio File Recorded Presentation
11:35 AM
Discussion
11:45 AM
Community Planning Session
12:00 PM
Adjourn
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