Abstract:<p>In Senegal, the groundnut basin is the main agricultural region under a semi-arid climate, heavily cultivated in an agrarian system combining agricultural rotation and agroforestry dominated by <em>Faidherbia albida</em> trees. The soils of the groundnut basin, essentially sandy, have a low water retention capacity. In this area, water is a limiting factor, and the climate variability represents an additional constraint on an already precarious agricultural producti… Show more
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