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complementary effects of organic and mineral fertilizers on maize production in the smallholder farms of meru south district, kenya互补的有机和矿物肥料对玉米产量的影响一支小规模农场的南部地区,肯尼亚

Vol.3, No.2, 221-229 (2012) Agricultural Sciences /10.4236/as.2012.32026 Complementary effects of organic and mineral fertilizers on maize production in the smallholder farms of Meru South District, Kenya 1 2 2 1 2 Edwin Mwiti Mutegi , James Biu Kung’u , Mucheru-Muna , Pypers Pieter , Daniel Njiru Mugendi 1Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility (TSBF), Institute of CIAT, Nairobi, Kenya; * Corresponding Author: emutegi@ 2Department of Environmental Sciences, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya Received 3 November 2011; revised 17 December 2011; accepted 15 January 2012 ABSTRACT obtained indicated that the use of either organic or combined organic/mineral N soil amendment Low soil fertility is a major constraint to maize appear to be superior to using mineral amend- production in the small holder farms of Meru ment sources alone. South District. This is mainly attributed to the mining of nutrients due to cropping without ex- Keywords: Soil Fertility; Organic Carbon; Total ternal addition of adequate nutrients. Mineral Nitrogen; Benefit Cost Ratio fertilizers are expensive hence un affordable by most small holder farmers. The use of organic matter to increase and maintain soil fertility is 1. INTRODUCTION being considered as a solution to help the low- Soil fertility depletion in the smallholder farms is the income small holder farmers. A study was con- fundamental biophysical root cause for declining per ducted in