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Integrated soil fertility management I

Level 3 - Extension Workers, Input & Service Providers

Introduction

1. What you will learn...

2. Introduction

3. Characteristics of Soil

4. Characteristics of Soil cont...

5. Soil Organisms

6. Soil Organisms cont...

7. Soil Organisms cont...

8. Soil fertility

9. Soil fertility cont...

10. Soil fertility Cont...

11. Decomposition of organic matter

12. Sources of organic matter

13. What you need to know about Compost

14. How to make compost

15. Soil Organic Matter: Compaction

16. Soil Organic Matter: Compaction cont...

17. Nutrients

18. Soil Sampling: How to assess soil fertility

19. Procedure for Soil sampling

20. Sampling depth

21. Sample analyses

22. Presentation of soil sample analysis

23. Soil pH

24.Soil PH cont...

25. Soil PH cont...

26. Plant Nutrients

27. Mineralization

28. Mineralization Cycles

29. Phosphorus cycle

30. Sulfur cycle

31. Other places Plants can obtain Nutrients

32. Let’s have a quick look at the Macronutrients

33. The role of Phosphorus (P)

34. The role of Potassium (K)

35. The role of Magnesium (Mg)

36. Economic effects of nutrient deficiency in crop production

37. Take Home Messages