Rehabilitating soil fertility in Burkina Faso

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dc.contributor.authorLompo, F.en
dc.contributor.authorBonzi, M.en
dc.contributor.authorZougmoré, R.en
dc.contributor.authorYoul, S.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialAfricaen
dc.coverage.spatialBurkina Fasoen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:08:21Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:08:21Zen
dc.date.issued2000en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractBurkina Faso is a landlocked country in the West-African Sahel. The agricultural sector is the mainstay of the economy but it has to operate in the face of many constraints. Over the last few decades, rainfall has become increasingly unreliable and the country suffered major droughts in the 1970s and 1980s. Pressure on natural resources is increasing. Farmers have to maintain their livelihoods in these unfavorable and changing conditions, and find solutions that will allow them to continue cultivating in a sustainable way. This chapter analyses the dynamics of soil management in two villages and focuses on several promising technologies which include composting with rock phosphate, planting pits (zaïs) and methods to control soil erosion.en
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dc.identifier413en
dc.identifier.isbn1 8 99825 56 8en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65477en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherLondon: International Institute for Environment and Developmenten
dc.relation.ispartofHilhorst, T. and F.M. Muchena (eds.). 2000. Nutrients on the move: Soil fertility dynamics in African farming systems, chapter 6. London : International Institute for Environment and Development.en
dc.relation.urihttp://www.iied.org/pubs/display.php?o=7430IIED&n=1&l=1&t=Nutrients%20on%20the%20Moveen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright International Institute for Environment and Development 2000en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectDryland farmingen
dc.subjectDroughten
dc.subjectSoil degradationen
dc.subjectSoil erosionen
dc.subjectSoil managementen
dc.subjectGovernment policyen
dc.subjectSoil fertilityen
dc.subjectBurkina Fasoen
dc.subjectComposting with rock phosphateen
dc.subjectPlanting pitsen
dc.subjectZaïsen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scaleen
dc.titleRehabilitating soil fertility in Burkina Fasoen
dc.typeAbstracten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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