Opportunities and challenges in crop residue management: Implications for integrated soil fertility management adoption in northern Ghana

Using a combination of different approaches, we gathered insights from literature, knowledge cafés with experts and surveys with farmers. This study resumes the insights on the perceived benefits and challenges smallholder farmers in northern Ghana have in relation to crop residue management and their ambitions to adopt ISFM. Our aim is to document the successful and context-specific crop residue management models that can improve soil fertility and increase crop productivity in the right format for extension services to leverage on in training farmers. We provide recommendations on the enabling factors that must be put in place to empower farmers and ensure the incorporation of crop residue as a component of ISFM. This study is tailored to advance and preserve crop residue management knowledge and practices towards more sustainable agricultural systems.