Using soil and water conservation techniques to rehabilitate degraded lands in northwestern Burkina Faso

Sawadogo, Hamado

doi:10.3763/ijas.2010.0552

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“…Those are due to increased organic matter and water infiltration on CRT plots. These perceptions of farmers were already mentioned by Sawadogo Sawadogo (2011) who explained that farms using soil and water conservation technics show a perceptible improvement in the organic matter content of their soils as well as high vegetative cover which help reducing runoff and erosion, and leading to yield improvements.…”

Section: Perception Of Farmers On the Effects Of Contour Ridges Tillagementioning

confidence: 94%

Climate Smart Agriculture as Final Goal: Use of Improved Cereals Varieties in Cinzana, Mali.

Traoré¹,

Sidibé²,

Coulibaly³

2017

JAS

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Climate variability and change are recognized as the greatest challenge to crop production and food security in sub-Saharan Africa. This work assesses farmers' perception on the contribution of improved varieties of sorghum and millet in the search for food security in Cinzana rural commune of Mali in the current context of climate change.The methodology was based on focus group surveys with both, the decentralized technical services, administrative and municipal authorities, NGOs, farmer organizations and producers but also farmer exchanges visits on improved varieties tested in farmer's field.The result shows that climate change is described by the majority of farmers (87%) as decrease in rainfall amount and length of rainy seasons, high increases in temperature and

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Section: Perception Of Farmers On the Effects Of Contour Ridges Tillagementioning

confidence: 94%

Climate Smart Agriculture as Final Goal: Use of Improved Cereals Varieties in Cinzana, Mali.

Traoré¹,

Sidibé²,

Coulibaly³

2017

JAS

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“…Thus, water availability to crop roots in the soil profile constitutes a major constraint for sustainable production systems [14][15][16][17]. Because of unpredictable rainfall [18] and decreased agricultural productivity, many soil and water conservation technologies such as stone lines, half-moons, contour hedgerows, rock bunds, filter walls, zaï, agroforestry, contour ridges, benches and no-tillage have been developed and are now widespread [19][20][21][22][23]. Tested technologies have shown that they can reduce runoff [16,[24][25][26] and soil erosion [27][28][29], improve water infiltration [12,22,30] and increase soil moisture [20,23,[31][32][33].…”

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Optimizing yield of improved varieties of millet and sorghum under highly variable rainfall conditions using contour ridges in Cinzana, Mali

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Background: Low productivity of cereals, the staple food, in Sahelian zone of Cinzana in Mali is caused by a range of factors including but not limited to inherent low soil fertility, and insufficient and inadequate distribution of the rainfall due to high climate variability. In addition, the small amount of rain falls as heavy storms in very short periods of time leading to water losses by runoff which in turn causes a lot of erosion. The two phenomena therefore call for a combination of both strategic (combating erosion) and tactical (coping with inter-and intra-annual rainfall variability) measures to cope with the production uncertainties in such risk-prone environment. As opposed to most farmers' practice of using the same variety, a tactical solution of using varieties of different cycles for different rainfall amounts/patterns was thought to be worth testing. Varieties of different cycles for different rainfall amounts/patterns were combined with a well-known soil and water conservation practice which is the contour ridge tillage (CRT). The combined effects of the two measures on the production of different varieties of sorghum and millet as well as on soil water content were assessed in on-farm participatory trials in five villages. The experiment was run during three consecutive years (2012, 2013 and 2014).Results: A key finding of this research is that regardless of the yearly rainfall amount and provided CRT is used, there were large differences in yields between improved varieties and local ones. This is a result of higher soil water conservation and better response of the improved varieties. Conclusion:The use of CRT increases considerably the yields of improved varieties of the most important staple crops of the Cinzana commune which are millet and sorghum. Thus, the use of these early maturing improved varieties, along with CRT, could be an accessible adaptation strategy to climate variability by farmers.

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“…Trees and shrubs have significant potentials to diminish the effects of extreme weather events, such as heavy rains, droughts and wind storms. They prevent erosion, stabilize soils, raise infiltration rates and halt land degradation (Sawadogo, 2011;Valentin et al, 2002). They can enrich biodiversity in the landscape and increase ecosystem stability.…”

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Sustainable Choices for a Comprehensive Agricultural Sector in the Congo Basin of Central Africa

Molua¹,

Thiombiano²,

Fonteh³

et al. 2014

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Agriculture in the Central African sub-region is still to fulfill its promise of creating decent employment and welfare. Climate change threatens to exacerbate this challenge. This paper specifies a model for sustainable comprehensive agricultural development in the Congo Basin and identifies options for improving livelihoods and achieving food security while addressing the global concerns of carbon sequestration and preserving biodiversity. It is suggested that the capacity of local and regional institutions be enhanced to communicate the model recommendations as part of a broad agenda in agricultural planning and decision making processes which address biodiversity management, climate change adaptation and national development priorities.

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Using soil and water conservation techniques to rehabilitate degraded lands in northwestern Burkina Faso

Cited by 72 publications

References 5 publications

Climate Smart Agriculture as Final Goal: Use of Improved Cereals Varieties in Cinzana, Mali.

Climate Smart Agriculture as Final Goal: Use of Improved Cereals Varieties in Cinzana, Mali.

Optimizing yield of improved varieties of millet and sorghum under highly variable rainfall conditions using contour ridges in Cinzana, Mali

Sustainable Choices for a Comprehensive Agricultural Sector in the Congo Basin of Central Africa

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