FERTILIZER USE AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR CROPS IN NIGERIA

This monograph, “fertilizer use and management practices for crops in Nigeria”, is a revised version of the third edition which was published in 2000.  The revision was done by a committee of agricultural scientists, set up by the Federal Fertilizer Department (FFD).  The membership of the Committee covered various disciplines in Agriculture.

The fourth edition of the Monograph is a marked improvement on the previous three editions in layout and presentation.  It contains agronomic and other cultural practices on arable, tree, pasture and vegetable crops, with strong emphasis on fertilizer rate, method and nutrient deficiency symptoms.  An attempt has been made in this edition to provide graded fertilizer recommendations based on soil tests.  Soil classification was also done using FAO or USDA systems in the revision, thus marking a beginning for extrapolation of results of fertilizer trials from one geographical area to another. Soil maps are now in colour and new chapters and information on crop varieties are included in this edition.