Tailoring conservation agriculture technologies to West Africa semi-arid zones: Building on traditional local practices for soil restoration.

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dc.contributor.authorLahmar, R.en
dc.contributor.authorBationo, B. A.en
dc.contributor.authorLamso, N. D.en
dc.contributor.authorGuéro, Y.en
dc.contributor.authorTittonell, Pabloen
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialWest Africaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:29:16Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:29:16Zen
dc.date.issued2011en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractMany obstacles stand in the way of Conservation Agriculture (CA) adoption in the West African Sahel. These include low amounts of organic resources for building biomass as well as competition for crop residues from livestock. In this article, the authors argue that complementing CA practices with traditional farming practices, such as zaï and intercropping with native evergreen woody shrubs, is the most effective strategy for soil rehabilitation and the development of cropping systems suited to the Sahel.en
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dc.identifier5224en
dc.identifier.citationField Crops Research 132:158-167en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2011.09.013en
dc.identifier.issn0378-4290en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/69901en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectConservation agricultureen
dc.subjectSemiarid zonesen
dc.subjectSoil conservationen
dc.subjectSoil organic matteren
dc.subjectNutrient managementen
dc.subjectLocal knowledgeen
dc.subjectWest Africaen
dc.subjectWater productivityen
dc.subjectSoil erosionen
dc.subjectNutrient use efficiencyen
dc.subjectNative evergreen woody shrubsen
dc.subjectZaïen
dc.subjectSahelen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scale Field Scaleen
dc.titleTailoring conservation agriculture technologies to West Africa semi-arid zones: Building on traditional local practices for soil restoration.en
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