Soil and nutrients loss in Malawi: an economic assessment
| dc.coverage | Malawi | |
| dc.creator | FAO, UNEP, UNDP, Government of Malawi | |
| dc.date | 2023-04-27T13:03:00Z | |
| dc.date | 2023-04-27T13:03:00Z | |
| dc.date | 2018 | |
| dc.date | 2019-01-10T13:15:49.0000000Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-28T01:01:41Z | |
| dc.description | Soil loss is a major threat to agricultural development in Malawi, and the size of the agricultural sector in the Malawian economy renders it a major limitation to the overall economic development of the country. Soil loss reduces cultivable soil depth, but also takes away fertile soils from farmlands. The net effect is a loss of agricultural productivity, increased expenditure on fertilizers, and a general decline in profitability of crop production. The aim of the project is to analyse the economic impact of both soil and nutrient loss in Malawi with new country-representative data on soil loss and nutrient indicators collected through field surveys, merged with detailed climatic data and socio-economic information. It translates soil loss/nutrient loss into yield loss and estimates the economic impact of loss on agricultural production as a result of soil degradation and then, it identifies best practices to mitigate the soil loss phenomenon. | |
| dc.format | 89 | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | 978-92-5-131141-7 | |
| dc.identifier | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/ca2663en | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.fao.org/3/CA2663EN/ca2663en.pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/325536 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.publisher | FAO ; | |
| dc.rights | FAO | |
| dc.title | Soil and nutrients loss in Malawi: an economic assessment | |
| dc.type | Book (stand-alone) |