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Improving soil quality and crop productivity through conservation agriculture in Mali, West Africa

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dc.contributor.authorKone, M.en
dc.contributor.authorDoumbia, Mamadou D.en
dc.contributor.authorTraoré, S. H.en
dc.contributor.authorSamake, O.en
dc.contributor.authorPrasad, P. V. Varaen
dc.contributor.authorDalton, Timothy J.en
dc.contributor.authorNaab, Jesse B.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialMalien
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:31:12Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:31:12Zen
dc.date.issued2012en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractDeclines in crop yields (21% for sorghum and millet) and soil fertility (29% for C) have made conservation (CA) a significant management option for selected cropping systems of Mali. Baseline assessments and rapid rural appraisals have indicated that the classical CA components need to be modified, not only to remove permanent soil cover, but also to include capturing rainwater. The improved conservation agriculture production systems (CAPS) account for 40 to 70% running off rainwater and feeding cover crops and crop residues to cattle, which is a key component of local production systems.en
dc.description.notesLTRA-8 (Improving soil quality and crop productivity through CAPS in West Africa)en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier8430en
dc.identifier.citationPresented at the ASA, CSA and SSSA International Annual Meetings, Cincinnati, OH, 21-24 October 2012en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/70328en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.relation.urihttps://scisoc.confex.com/crops/2012am/webprogram/Paper71085.htmlen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSoil conservationen
dc.subjectConservation agricultureen
dc.subjectContoured ridge tillingen
dc.subjectField Scaleen
dc.titleImproving soil quality and crop productivity through conservation agriculture in Mali, West Africaen
dc.typeAbstracten
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