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Dataset Persistent ID
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doi:10.34725/DVN/RTDZH8 |
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Publication Date
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2021-08-12 |
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Title
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Evidence-based Soils Agronomy for Sustainable Crop Production in Muranga County, Kenya
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Author
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Aynekulu, Ermias (World Agroforestry) - ORCID: 0000-0002-1955-6995
Sitienei, Ruth (The Nature Conservancy)
Wood, Stephen (The Nature Conservancy)
Shepherd, Keith (World Agroforestry) - ORCID: 0000-0001-7144-3915
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Contact
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Shepherd, Keith (World Agroforestry)
Aynekulu, Ermias (World Agroforestry)
Sila, Andrew (World Agroforestry)
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Description
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The project ‘Improved Agricultural Measurement for Evidence-based Investments in Improved Crop Production in Kenya’ was funded by The Nature Conservancy. The project used soil-plant diagnostic method developed at the World Agroforestry (ICRAF) to quantify soil health constraints for maize production and targeting interventions to improve soil health for agronomic gain. We tested soil and maize plant tissues to estimate macro and micronutrients and compared it with optimum plant nutrient requirements. The project was piloted in in Muranga County, Kenya.The Nature Conservancy (TNC) project dataset contains laboratory results of 524 top (0-20 cm) and sub soil (20-50 cm) soil and 206 plant tissue properties. The samples are from targeted 170 farms in Nginda, Kambiti in Maragua sub county and Kangema and Kigumo sub-counties in Muranga county of Kenya in East Africa. The datasets include MIR spectra, plant macronutrients and micronutrients measured at the World Agroforestry (ICRAF) Soil and Plant Spectral Diagnostic Laboratory and extracatable nutrients results from Crop Nutrition Laboratory Services.
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Subject
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Agricultural Sciences; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Social Sciences
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Keyword
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Capacity development (AGROVOC) http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_37836
Soil health (GACS) http://id.agrisemantics.org/gacs/C6576
Soil properties (AGROVOC) http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_330883
Fertilizer (AGROVOC) http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_10795
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Topic Classification
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Agricultural Sciences (AGROVOC) http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_49876
Environmental Sciences (AGROVOC) http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_331559
Social Sciences (AGROVOC) http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_36390
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Related Publication
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Aynekulu E, Robin C, Wood S, Kamau F, Wironen M, Sitienei R, Mboi D, Shepherd K. 2019. Evidence-based Soils Agronomy for Sustainable Crop Production in Muranga County, project report to Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA) and The Nature Conservancy. World Agroforestry, Nairobi, Kenya doi:
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Language
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English
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Producer
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World Agroforestry (ICRAF) http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ 
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) https://www.nature.org/en-us/ 
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Contributor
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Hosting Institution : World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Funder : The Nature Conservancy
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Grant Information
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The Nature Conservancy: MULT-1388
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Distributor
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World Agroforestry (ICRAF) http://www.worldagroforestry.org 
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) https://www.nature.org/en-us/ 
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Depositor
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Karari, Valentine
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Deposit Date
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2021-05-25
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Time Period Covered
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Start: 2018 ; End: 2019
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Kind of Data
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MIR and Measured Wet Chemistry data
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Related Material
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Aynekulu E, Yvonne T, Robin C, Mboi D, Caroline M, Shepherd K. 2018. Evidence-based Soils Agronomy for Sustainable Crop Production in Kenya, project report, World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi; Improving small-scale crop production using evidence-based soils agronomy. https://wle.cgiar.org/news/improving-small-scale-crop-production-using-evidence-based-soils-agronomy; Finding Scalable Models for Sustainable Agriculture Intensification in Tana River Catchment Area, Central Kenya. https://www.worldagroforestry.org/project/finding-scalable-models-sustainable-agriculture-intensification-tana-river-catchment-area
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