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The Importance of Liming Acid Soils of the Sahel Regions of Africa to Sustain High Crop Productivity—a Case Study from the Republic of Cameroon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

K. P. Prabhakaran Nair ,
V. Ngachie  and
F. Nzetchoung
K. P. Prabhakaran Nair
Affiliation:
Department of Soil Science, The National Institute of Agriculture and Rural Development, The University Centre, Dschang, Box 222, Republic of Cameroon
V. Ngachie
Affiliation:
Department of Soil Science, The National Institute of Agriculture and Rural Development, The University Centre, Dschang, Box 222, Republic of Cameroon
F. Nzetchoung
Affiliation:
Department of Soil Science, The National Institute of Agriculture and Rural Development, The University Centre, Dschang, Box 222, Republic of Cameroon
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Summary

Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) has very great economic importance in Cameroon. In pot experiments, groundnut yields on highly acidified but limed soil were 50% greater than those on unlimed soil. These results demonstrate that severely acidified soils of the western highlands of Cameroon should be limed at moderate rates to sustain crop productivity.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , October 1992 , pp. 473 - 476
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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