MODELING STOCHASTIC CROP RESPONSE TO FERTILIZATION WHEN CARRY-OVER MATTERS

被引：12

作者：

JOMINI, PA

DEUSON, RR

LOWENBERGDEBOER, J

BATIONO, A

机构：

[1] Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, West Lafayette

[2] Institut National de Recherches Agronomiques du Niger (INRAN), B.P.429,Niamey, Niger

[3] International Fertilizer Development Center, ICRISAT Sahelian Center, International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, B.P. 12404, Niamey, Niger

来源：

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS | 1991年 / 6卷 / 02期

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D O I：

10.1016/0169-5150(91)90019-H

中图分类号：

F3 [农业经济];

学科分类号：

0202 ; 020205 ; 1203 ;

摘要：

Soils in a large part of Niger's agricultural area are sandy and very low in nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and organic matter. This low soil fertility combined with low and erratic rainfall constitutes a severe constraint on food cropping in the area. Although agronomists have advised chemical fertilization as a means of improving soil fertility, little fertilizer has been used in this area of the world. The economic management of soil fertility in the agricultural area of Niger is analyzed using a dynamic model of farmer decision-making under uncertainty. The model is based on agronomic principles of plant growth and accounts for the carry over of P, an immobile nutrient. At current input prices, a soil P content of at least 14 ppm is found to be desirable. This target is above the natural soil fertility level of about 3 ppm. It can be maintained with a moderate annual application (12 kg P2O5 ha-1) of simple superphosphate. Results also suggests that returns to N fertilization are too low and variable to warrant the use of this input.

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页码：97 / 113

页数：17