Welcome to the web page of the ZEF-IPADS Soil Fertiilty Management course!
About the examination
1. World soil --- I will ask you to write about one soil of your choice
2. Soil acidity --- Concept of cation exchange capacity (CEC) and related
topics (mainly slides 18, 33)
3. Cropping system --- Effect of rotation (more specifically "N credit")
(slides 21-31)
4. Nitrogen --- as is indicated in the slides.
5. Phosphorus ---as is indicated in the slides
6. Plant Nutrient Acquisition -- Practical implication of introducing pigeonpea
into the cropping system (slide 17)
7. Role of microorganisms -- I will ask your understanding on the relationship
between the changes of the population of micorhizal fungi and the crop
growth (slide 17)
Assignment of the day : What would you like to do if you are an agricultural advisor and requested to check the possibility of the agriculture in that area with project fund of US$10,000? The major crops cultivated are maize, cassava and cowpea. (An essay of 0.5-1 page in length). Please send the word file by 2 hr before the start of the next lecture. (The file name of the WORD should contain the number of the lecture (2 for this assignment) and your name.