"Soil fertility management practices have been shown to improve soil health and have the potential to increase crop yield's response to inorganic fertilizer but this practice still remains scarcely adopted in Nigeria. Conversely, land intensification strategies like the application of inorganic fertilizer are largely adopted with about 60% of maize farmers using inorganic fertilizer. Thus, this paper explores the effect of inorganic fertilizer use on the adoption of four SFM practices; organic manure use, legume inter-cropping, water conservation techniques and reduced tillage. We find negative effects of inorganic fertilizer use on the adoption of organic manure and the share of plot used for legume inter-cropping. This suggests that farmers tend to treat inorganic fertilizer and organic farming practices as substitutes. This finding indicates a need for an information campaign about the complementary effect of inorganic fertilizer and SFM practices especially organic manure."--Page ii.
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