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Advances in Integrated Soil Fertility Management in sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 A critical analysis of challenges and opportunities for soil fertility restoration in Sudano-Sahelian West Africa
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    Chapter 2 Appropriate technologies to replenish soil fertility in southern Africa
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    Chapter 3 Available technologies to replenish soil fertility in East Africa
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    Chapter 4 Integrated Agricultural Research for Development: contributing to the Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme (IAR4D in CAADP)
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    Chapter 5 From Thousands to Millions: Accelerating Agricultural Intensification and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
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    Chapter 6 Soil science, population growth and food production: some historical developments
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    Chapter 7 Development of an arable layer: A key concept for better management of infertile tropical savanna soils
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    Chapter 8 Food Security in Africa: The Challenges of Researchers in the 21 st Century
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    Chapter 9 Background, Current status and the African Context of the International Nitrogen Initiative
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    Chapter 10 Within-farm soil fertility gradients affect response of maize to fertiliser application in western Kenya
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    Chapter 11 Characterisation of soil degradation under intensive rice production in Office du Niger zone of Mali
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    Chapter 12 Soil fertility issues in the Blue Nile Valley, Ethiopia
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    Chapter 13 Overcoming phosphorus deficiency in soils of Eastern Africa: recent advances and challenges
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    Chapter 14 Relative contribution of trees and crops to soil carbon content in a parkland system in Burkina Faso using variations in natural 13C abundance
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    Chapter 15 Advances in Integrated Soil Fertility Management in sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Opportunities
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    Chapter 16 Effect of planting technique and amendment type on pearl millet yield, nutrient uptake, and water use on degraded land in Niger
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    Chapter 17 Short-term effects of cover crops on stem borers and maize yield in the humid forest of southern Cameroon
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    Chapter 18 Improving cereal productivity and farmers’ income using a strategic application of fertilizers in West Africa
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    Chapter 19 Advances in improving Agricultural Profitability and Overcoming Land Degradation in Savanna and Hillside Agroecosystems of Tropical America
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    Chapter 20 Integrating legumes to improve N cycling on smallholder farms in sub-humid Zimbabwe: resource quality, biophysical and environmental limitations
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    Chapter 21 Meat and bone meal as nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer to cereals and rye grass
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    Chapter 22 Screening Legume Green Manure for Climatic Adaptability and Farmer Acceptance in the Semi-Arid Agro-ecological Zone of Uganda
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    Chapter 23 Nutrient flows in smallholder production systems in the humid forest zone of southern Cameroon
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    Chapter 24 Management of improved fallows for soil fertility enhancement in the western highlands of Cameroon
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    Chapter 25 Integrated Soil Fertility Management: Use of NUTMON to Quantify Nutrient Flows in Farming Systems in Central Kenya
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    Chapter 26 Optimizing Soil Fertility Gradients in the Enset ( Ensete ventricosum )labelChapter26 Systems of the Ethiopian Highlands: Trade-offs and Local Innovations
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    Chapter 27 Consequences of Field Management and Soil Erosion on the Sustainability of Large Scale Coffee Farming in Kiambu
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    Chapter 28 The Use of Erosion Proxies for the Spatial Assessment of Erosion in a Watershed and Modelling the Erosion Risk in a GIS
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    Chapter 29 Bean Improvement for Low Soil Fertility Adaptation in Eastern and Central Africa
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    Chapter 30 Combining Tithonia diversifolia and minjingu phosphate rock for improvement of P availability and maize grain yields on a chromic acrisol in Morogoro, Tanzania
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    Chapter 31 Improving food production using ‘best bet’ soil fertility technologies in the Central highlands of Kenya
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    Chapter 32 Effects of organic and mineral sources of nutrients on maize yields in three districts of central Kenya
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    Chapter 33 Effect of Combining Organic Leafy Biomass and Inorganic fertilizer on Tomato Yields and nematodes control in Arenosols in Kinshasa Area
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    Chapter 34 Nutrient Dynamics On Smallholder Farms In Teghane, Northern Highlands Of Ethiopia
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    Chapter 35 Nitrogen-15 Recovery in Cropped Soil Cores Fertilized With Potassium Nitrate and Clover Residues
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    Chapter 36 Evaluation of nitrogen fixation using 15 N dilution methods and economy of a maize-tepary bean intercrop farming system in semi-arid SE-Kenya
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    Chapter 37 Evaluation of cowpea genotypes for variations in their contribution of N and P to subsequent maize crop in three agro-ecological zones of West Africa
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    Chapter 38 Variability of cowpea breeding lines to low phosphorus tolerance and response to external application of Phosphorus
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    Chapter 39 The potential benefits of Azolla , Velvet bean ( Mucuna pruriens var. utilis ) and N fertilizers in rice production under contrasting systems in eastern Uganda
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    Chapter 40 Tied-ridging and integrated nutrient management options for sustainable crop production in semi-arid eastern Kenya
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    Chapter 41 Economic evaluation of local inputs in Meru South District, Kenya
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    Chapter 42 Effect of Rock Phosphate, Lime and Green Manure on Growth and Yield of Maize in a Non Productive Niche of a Rhodic Ferralsol in Farmer’s Fields
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    Chapter 43 Changes in Soil Organic Matter as Influenced by Organic Residue Management Regimes in Selected Experiments in Kenya
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    Chapter 44 Effects of manure application on crop yield and soil chemical properties in a long-term field trial in semi-arid Kenya
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    Chapter 45 Nutrient Recovery from Solid Waste and Linkage to Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture in Nairobi, Kenya
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    Chapter 46 Optimising crop productivity in legume-cereal rotations through nitrogen and phosphorus management in western Kenya
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    Chapter 47 Evaluation of the Potential of Using Nitrogen Fixing Legumes in Smallholder Farms of Meru South District, Kenya
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    Chapter 48 Improved cassava varieties increase the risk of soil nutrient mining: an ex-ante analysis for western Kenya and Uganda
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    Chapter 49 Partial balance of nitrogen in a maize cropping system in humic nitisol of Central Kenya
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    Chapter 50 Integrated Soil Fertility Management Technologies: A Counteract to Existing Milestone in Obtaining Achievable Economical Crop Yields in Cultivated Lands of Poor Smallholder Farmers in Malawi
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    Chapter 51 Fertilizer nitrogen recovery as affected by soil organic matter status in two sites in Kenya
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    Chapter 52 Performance evaluation of various agroforestry species used in short duration improved fallows to enhance soil fertility and sorghum yields in Mali
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    Chapter 53 Nutrient balances for different farm types in Southern Mali
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    Chapter 54 Increasing the Productivity and Sustainability of Millet Based Cropping Systems in the Sahelian Zones of West Africa
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    Chapter 55 Comparative short-term effects of different quality organic resources on maize productivity under two different environments in Zimbabwe
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    Chapter 56 Improving soil fertility through the use of organic and inorganic plant nutrient and crop rotation in Niger
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    Chapter 57 Biological system for improving the availability of Tilemsi phosphate rock for wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivated in Mali
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    Chapter 58 Managing manure heaps with agro-organic wastes and cover to reduce nitrogen losses during storage on smallholder farms
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    Chapter 59 Soil characteristics and the performance of sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench) on tin mine spoils of the Jos Plateau, Nigeria
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    Chapter 60 The development of a prototype land information system for the northern Guinea savanna of Nigeria as a basis for agro-technology transfer
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    Chapter 61 What role can planted fallows play in the humid and sub-humid zone of West and Central Africa?
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    Chapter 62 Balanced Nutrient Management System Technologies In The Northern Guinea Savanna Of Nigeria: Validation And Perspective
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    Chapter 63 Impacts of vegetative contour hedges on soil inorganic-N cycling and erosional losses in Arable Steep-lands of the Central Highlands of Kenya
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    Chapter 64 Relationships between rhizobial diversity and host legume nodulation and nitrogen fixation in tropical ecosystems
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    Chapter 65 Limestone, Minjingu Phosphate Rock and Green Manure Application on Improvement of Acid Soils in Rwanda
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    Chapter 66 Evaluating performance and yield stability of some groundnut ( Arachis hypogaea L. ) varieties under irrigation in three agroecological zones of the Senegal River Valley
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    Chapter 67 Assessment of the contribution of tied ridges and farmyard manure application to sorghum production in semi-arid areas of Tanzania
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    Chapter 68 Evaluation of Gliricidia sepium, Casuarina junghuhniana and Faidherbia albida tree species for improvement of crop production and fuelwood supply in Muheza districts, Tanzania
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    Chapter 69 Mineral N distribution in the soil profile of a maize field amended with cattle manure and mineral N under humid sub-tropical conditions
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    Chapter 70 Intensity cultivation induced effects on soil organic carbon dynamic in the western cotton area of Burkina Faso
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    Chapter 71 Assessment of improved soil fertility and water harvesting technologies through community based on-farm trials in the ASALs of Kenya
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    Chapter 72 Profitability of agro-forestry based soil fertility management technologies: the case of small holder food production in Western Kenya
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    Chapter 73 Integrated natural resources management a strategy for food security and poverty alleviation in Kwalei village, Lushoto district, Tanzania
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    Chapter 74 Effects of total inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus availability on Maize Yields in the First post Tephrosia vogelii fallow
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    Chapter 75 Environmental hazards in African agriculture: factors influencing application of agrochemicals in Nakuru district, Kenya
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    Chapter 76 Assessment of indigenous soil and water conservation technology for smallholder farms in semi-arid areas in Africa and close spaced trash lines effect on erosion and crop yield
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    Chapter 77 Prosopis africana (Guill., Perrot et Rich.) Taub and Entada africana (Guill. et Perrot.) leaf litter decomposition and impact of biomass transfer on millet ( Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) growth and development on station in Niger
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    Chapter 78 Soil microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen as influenced by organic and inorganic inputs at Kabete, Kenya
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    Chapter 79 Evaluating effect of mixtures of organic resources on nutrient release patterns and uptake by maize
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    Chapter 80 Mycorrhizal associations as indicators of forest quality after land use practices
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    Chapter 81 Biomass production, N and P uptake of Mucuna after Bradyrhizobia and Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculation, and P-application on acid soil of Southern Cameroon
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    Chapter 82 Evaluating the effect of Bacillus and Rhizobium . bi-inoculant on nodulation and nematode control in Phaseolus vulgaris L
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    Chapter 83 Integrated Soil Fertility Management Technologies:review for scaling up
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    Chapter 84 Costs and Returns of Soil Fertility Management Options in Western Kenya
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    Chapter 85 Modeling farmers’ decisions on integrated soil nutrient management in sub-Saharan Africa: A multinomial Logit analysis in Cameroon
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    Chapter 86 Opportunities for and constraints to adoption of improved fallows: ICRAF’s experience in the humid tropics of Cameroon
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    Chapter 87 The Effect of Socio-Economic Factors on a Farmer’s Decision to Adopt Farm Soil Conservation Measures. An Application of Multivariate Logistic Analysis in Butere/Mumias District, Kenya
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    Chapter 88 Farmer’s perception of planted calliandra tree fallows for shortening fallow cycles in southern Cameroon
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    Chapter 89 Policies, Institutions and Market Development to Accelerate Technological Change in the Semiarid Zones of Sub-Saharan Africa
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    Chapter 90 Factors Influencing Choice and Adoption of Integrated Soil Fertility Management Technologies in Central Kenya Highlands
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    Chapter 91 Social capital and adoption of soil fertility management technologies in Tororo district, Uganda
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    Chapter 92 Adoption of Leguminous Trees/Shrubs, Compost and Farmyard Manure (FYM) As Alternatives to Improving Soil Fertility in Trans Nzoia District-Kenya
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    Chapter 93 Participatory Diagnosis in the Eastern Drylands of Kenya: Are Farmers aware of their Soil Fertility Status?
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    Chapter 94 On-Farm Evaluation and Scaling-up of Soil Fertility Management Technologies in Western Kenya
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    Chapter 95 The Resources-to-Consumption System: A Framework for Linking Soil Fertility Management Innovations to Market Opportunities
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    Chapter 96 Scaling Up Options on Integrated Soil Fertility management in Western Kenya: The Case of COSOFAP: Challenges and Opportunities
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    Chapter 97 Socio-Economics of Soil Conservation in Kericho District, Kenya
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    Chapter 98 Market Integration and Conduct Analysis: An Application to Cattle Markets in Uasin Gishu District, Kenya
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    Chapter 99 Factors determining integrated soil fertility management in central Kenya highlands: Participatory Learning and Action (PLAR) model analysis
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    Chapter 100 Spatial Pricing Efficiency and Regional Market Integration of Cross-Border Bean ( shape Phaseolus Vulgaris L. ) Marketing in East Africa: The Case of Western Kenya and Eastern Uganda
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    Chapter 101 Assessment of farmers’ perceptions of soil quality indicators within smallholder farms in the central highlands of Kenya
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    Chapter 102 Initiating Rural Farmers to Participatory Research: Case of Soil Fertilization in Bushumba, East of DR. Congo
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    Chapter 103 Farmers’ participation in soil fertility management research process: Dilemma in rehabilitating degraded hilltops in Kabale, Uganda
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    Chapter 104 Integrated Soil Fertility Management and Poverty Traps in Western Kenya
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    Chapter 105 Moving methodologies to enhance agricultural productivity of rice-based lowland systems in sub-Saharan Africa
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Title
Advances in Integrated Soil Fertility Management in sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Opportunities
Published by
Springer Science & Business Media, October 2007
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4020-5760-1
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978-1-4020-5760-1, 978-1-4020-5759-5
Editors

Bationo, Andre, Waswa, Boaz, Kihara, Job, Kimetu, Joseph

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Country Count As %
Kenya 2 2%
Spain 1 1%
Unknown 93 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 21 22%
Student > Master 21 22%
Researcher 13 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 6%
Student > Bachelor 5 5%
Other 15 16%
Unknown 15 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 36 38%
Environmental Science 12 13%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 7 7%
Engineering 5 5%
Unspecified 4 4%
Other 13 14%
Unknown 19 20%