Soil fertility management strategies on the Jos Plateau: the need for integrating 'empirical' and 'scientific' knowledge in agricultural development. From: The Geographical Journal | Date: June 1, 2005| Author: Pasquini, M.W.; Alexander, M.J. | COPYRIGHT 2005 Royal Geographical Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Tin mining carried out on the Jos Plateau since the beginning of the last century has disturbed some 320 [km.sup.2] of agricultural land. Formal attempts at reclamation of this land failed, but local farmers have developed a successful informal strategy for reclamation. This paper reports on a study undertaken to comprehend the farmers' 'informal' approach to soil fertility management. Their soil fertility management practices centre on the use of a complex combination of traditional organi...