Potential sources, application, and contribution of organic matter to soil fertility restoration for lowland rice production in Ghana

摘要

The Republic of Ghana is located on Latitude 4° 44'N and lTll'N and Longitude 3° 11' W and 1° 11' E (MoFA, 2013). The country has the following seven agro-ecological zones: the Sudan savanna, Guinea savanna, Forest-Savanna transition, Equatorial forest, Moist-Evergreen, Wet-Evergreen, and Coastal savanna (Figure 1; JIRCAS, 2010).