Spatial trends in the nitrogen budget of the African agro-food system over the past five decades

Low nitrogen (N) fertilization is a dominant cause of malnutrition in Africa, but the spatial and temporal variability of N cycling patterns in Africa remain unclear. This study is the first to perform a detailed analysis of the N cycling patterns of 52 African countries from 1961 to 2016. We calcul...

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Main Authors: Ahmed S Elrys, Mohamed K Abdel-Fattah, Sajjad Raza, Zhujun Chen, Jianbin Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2019-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab5d9e