Oral Session

Smallholder farms in developing countries can be highly diverse and may be subject to extremes of soil properties rarely encountered in temperate, industrial agriculture. In addition, smallholders’ resources and in-country lab facilities are usually extremely limited. To solve farmer problems and train development workers and farmers themselves to be able to diagnose and solve problems on their own, soil scientists and agronomists must creatively use technologies ranging in sophistication from NIR scanners to shovels. Success requires integration beyond disciplines to connect the dots. Here we share technologies and approaches that work to diagnose and solve.

ASA Section: Global Agronomy