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Maize-Nutrient-Manager: A mobile phone application for field-specific, balanced nutrient management advisory

Maize-Nutrient-Manager: A mobile phone application for field-specific, balanced nutrient management advisory

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Date of publication
December 2019
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ISBN / Resource ID
LP-CG-20-23-1564

To increase productivity and profitability, while limiting nutrient losses and related GHG-emissions, African smallholders need more tailored fertilizer advice. Yet, such advice critically hinges upon – largely lacking – field-level management data, as management is key to efficient fertilizer use. The Maize- Nutrient-Manager (MNM) mobile phone application enables collection of such data at scale, and directly converts this data into actionable advice for the farmer. Focusing on field-level management data, MNM can identify those management practices that are currently imperative for enhancing smallholder farmers’ efficient use of fertilizers in their locality, thereby increasing productivity while reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This document describes the background, design principles and development process of then MNM mobile phone application, as well as its pilot use in advisory practice in the Mbozi and Momba districts of Songwe region, Tanzania.

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Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s)

Andersson, Jens A , Hijbeek, Renske , Sida, Tesfaye Shiferaw , Kilakila, Mukoma Kitundu

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