Analysis of productivity and soil carbon in response to time-controlled rotational grazing in the West African Sahel region

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dc.contributor.authorBadini, Oumaren
dc.contributor.authorStöckle, C. O.en
dc.contributor.authorJones, J. W.en
dc.contributor.authorNelson, R.en
dc.contributor.authorKeita, Moussaen
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialSahelen
dc.coverage.spatialWest Africaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:10:23Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:10:23Zen
dc.date.issued2005en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractPreliminary data from Mali indicate that soil carbon levels are higher under pastures than croplands. Rotational grazing allowing biomass growth during periods (days or weeks) with no livestock grazing could result in more root and aboveground mass residues added to the soil. It is therefore hypothesized that rotational grazing will increase both soil carbon and pasture biomass production. A rotational grazing area (150 ga) was established in Torokoro, Mali (West Africa) to test this hypothesis. Because it could take many years to experimentally evaluate whether soil carbon levels are indeed increasing, a simulation-based sensitivity analysis was performed to evaluate potential changes in production and soil carbon and to assess critical factors that might affect the performance of this management practice. A cropping systems model, CropSyst, was used to conduct this analysis. For this purpose, an improve soil carbon and a new rotational grazing submodel were incorporated in the model.en
dc.description.notesAvailable in SANREM office, FSen
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dc.identifier1480en
dc.identifier.citationFinal Draft of paper for Special Edition of Agricultural Systemsen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66262en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
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dc.subjectPasture managementen
dc.subjectSoilen
dc.subjectRotational grazingen
dc.subjectLivestocken
dc.subjectGrazingen
dc.subjectSoil carbon levelsen
dc.subjectPasturesen
dc.subjectCropping systemsen
dc.subjectEcosystemen
dc.titleAnalysis of productivity and soil carbon in response to time-controlled rotational grazing in the West African Sahel regionen
dc.typeAbstracten
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