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Wind Erosion in Niger: Implications and Control Measures in a Millet-Based Farming System

Wind Erosion in Niger: Implications and Control Measures in a Millet-Based Farming System

Buerkert, Andreas A. C.
Allison, B. E.
Von Oppen, M.

Hardcover

Series: Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, Book 67

Technology & EngineeringAgricultureEnvironmental Studies

ISBN10: 0792338855
ISBN13: 9780792338857
Publisher: Springer
Published: Sep 30 1996
Pages: 280
Weight: 1.27
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
The West African Sahel is the transition zone between the Saharadesert in the north of Africa and the more humid Sudanian zones in the south. Although diverse in many ways, the Sahelian countries have the common problem of a fragile agricultural sector. This predicament is mainly caused by low inherent soil fertility, limited and unpredictable rainfall, frequent droughts, and wind erosion that accelerates soil degradation and desertification, compounded by To assure food production in the future, means rapidly growing populations. of declining soil fertility and increasing must be found to offset the trends soil degradation through wind erosion. This is a challenge for agricultural research. Since 1985, the Special Research Program 308 'Adapted Farming in West Africa' at the UniversityofHohenheimin collaboration with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Niger, has pursued the developmentof agricultural innovations for smallholder farmers in one of the most ecologically fragile regions of the world. The prevention of soil degradation, the restoration and maintenance of soil fertility, and the increase of land and labor productivity are key objectives of this multidisci- plinary research program. From the beginning, a major focus of research has been wind erosion.

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