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dc.contributor.authorLaub, M.
dc.contributor.authorNecpalova, M.
dc.contributor.authorVan de Broek, M.
dc.contributor.authorCorbeels, M.
dc.contributor.authorNdungu, S.M.
dc.contributor.authorMucheru-Muna, M.W.
dc.contributor.authorMugendi, D.
dc.contributor.authorYegon, R.
dc.contributor.authorWaswa, W.
dc.contributor.authorVanlauwe, B.
dc.contributor.authorSix, J.
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-30T08:36:45Z
dc.date.available2024-09-30T08:36:45Z
dc.date.issued2024-08-22
dc.identifier.citationLaub, M., Necpalova, M., Van de Broek, M., Corbeels, M., Ndungu, S.M., Mucheru-Muna, M.W., ... & Six, J. (2024). Modeling integrated soil fertility management for maize production in Kenya using a Bayesian calibration of the DayCent model. Biogeosciences, 21(16), 3691-3716.
dc.identifier.issn1726-4170
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/8560
dc.description.abstractSustainable intensification schemes such as integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) are a proposed strategy to close yield gaps, increase soil fertility, and achieve food security in sub-Saharan Africa. Biogeochemical models such as DayCent can assess their potential at larger scales, but these models need to be calibrated to new environments and rigorously tested for accuracy. Here, we present a Bayesian calibration of DayCent, using data from four long-term field experiments in Kenya in a leave-one-site-out cross-validation approach. The experimental treatments consisted of the addition of low- to high-quality organic resources, with and without mineral nitrogen fertilizer. We assessed the potential of DayCent to accurately simulate the key elements of sustainable intensification, including (1) yield, (2) the changes in soil organic carbon (SOC), and (3) the greenhouse gas (GHG) balance of CO2 and N2O combined. Compared to the initial parameters, the cross-validation showed improved DayCent simulations of maize grain yield (with the Nash–Sutcliffe model efficiency (EF) increasing from 0.36 to 0.50) and of SOC stock changes (with EF increasing from 0.36 to 0.55). The simulations of maize yield and those of SOC stock changes also improved by site (with site-specific EF ranging between 0.15 and 0.38 for maize yield and between −0.9 and 0.58 for SOC stock changes). The four cross-validation-derived posterior parameter distributions (leaving out one site each) were similar in all but one parameter. Together with the model performance for the different sites in cross-validation, this indicated the robustness of the DayCent model parameterization and its reliability for the conditions in Kenya. While DayCent poorly reproduced daily N2O emissions (with EF ranging between −0.44 and −0.03 by site), cumulative seasonal N2O emissions were simulated more accurately (EF ranging between 0.06 and 0.69 by site). The simulated yield-scaled GHG balance was highest in control treatments without N addition (between 0.8 and 1.8 kg CO2 equivalent per kg grain yield across sites) and was about 30 % to 40 % lower in the treatment that combined the application of mineral N and of manure at a rate of 1.2 t C ha−1 yr−1. In conclusion, our results indicate that DayCent is well suited for estimating the impact of ISFM on maize yield and SOC changes. They also indicate that the trade-off between maize yield and GHG balance is stronger in low-fertility sites and that preventing SOC losses, while difficult to achieve through the addition of external organic resources, is a priority for the sustainable intensification of maize production in Kenya.
dc.description.sponsorshipSchweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean’s Horizon 2020
dc.format.extent3691-3716
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectSoil Fertility
dc.subjectMaize
dc.subjectCrop Production
dc.subjectFood Security
dc.subjectEast Africa
dc.titleModeling integrated soil fertility management for maize production in Kenya using a Bayesian calibration of the DayCent model
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.affiliationETH Zurich
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity College Dublin
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Montpellier
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationKenyatta University
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Embu
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.hubCentral Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeNatural Resource Management
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidLAUB:2024a
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.iitasubjectCrop Systems
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectMaize
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.iitasubjectSoil Fertility
cg.journalBiogeosciences
cg.notesOpen Access Journal
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-3691-2024
cg.iitaauthor.identifierMarc Corbeels: 0000-0002-8084-9287
cg.iitaauthor.identifierbernard vanlauwe: 0000-0001-6016-6027
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cg.identifier.issue16
cg.identifier.volume21


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