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The Challenge of Improving Soil Fertility in Yam Cropping Systems of West Africa [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017
Yam (Dioscorea spp.) is a tuber crop grown for food security, income generation, and traditional medicine. This crop has a high cultural value for some of the groups growing it. Most of the production comes from West Africa where the increased demand has
Emmanuel Frossard, Beatrice A. Aighewi, Sévérin Aké, Dominique Barjolle, Philipp Baumann, Thomas Bernet, Daouda Dao, Lucien N. Diby, Anne Floquet, Valérie K. Hgaza, Léa J. Ilboudo, Delwende I. Kiba, Delwende I. Kiba, Roch L. Mongbo, Hassan B. Nacro, Gian L. Nicolay, Esther Oka, Yabile F. Ouattara, Nestor Pouya, Ravinda L. Senanayake, Ravinda L. Senanayake, Johan Six, Orokya I. Traoré   +22 more
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Effets des pratiques agro-écologiques sur les caractéristiques chimiques majeures et le stock de carbone du sol à l’Est du Burkina Faso

Tropicultura, 2021
The Sahelian countries are faced with the recurrent problem of declining soil fertility. In response to this decline in soil fertility, various strategies are implemented by producers to improve soil fertility.The study took place in farmer’s fields in ...
Moussa Gnissien, Kalifa Coulibaly, Mamadou Traore, Mipro Hien, Bertrand Mathieu, Hassan Bismarck Nacro   +5 more
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Microbial biomass activity of a sodic Lixisol reclaimed with gypsum and clean water irrigation in urban vegetable systems of Burkina Faso

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Volume 186, Issue 2, Page 188-195, April 2023., 2023
Abstract Background Little is known about the effects of gypsum application to remediate saline–sodic soils in the tropics and the role of microbial indicators in soil reclamation. Aims Our study aimed at (1) remediating a highly weathered, irrigated sodic Lixisol under prolonged urban crop production by clean water and gypsum application and (2) to ...
Nongma Zongo, Juliane Dao, Désiré Jean‐Pascal Lompo, Kathrin Stenchly, Christoph Steiner, Delphine Manka'abusi, Michel Papaoba Sedogo, Andreas Buerkert, Rainer Georg Joergensen   +8 more
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Wetlands in drylands: Use and conflict dynamics at the human–wildlife interface in Mbire District, Zimbabwe

African Journal of Ecology, Volume 60, Issue 4, Page 1184-1200, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Wetlands in drylands are important resources for agriculture and wildlife, but competition may result in human–wildlife conflict. We sought to understand conditions under which people and wildlife sharing wetlands in drylands may coexist. We applied track counts in riverine wetlands in the dry and wet season (n = 36 days) using belt transects,
Steven Matema, Catharina H. A. M. Eilers, Akke J. van der Zijpp, Ken E. Giller   +3 more
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Activating dark earths: somatosoils and the carbonic loops of Amazonian ecologies

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 854-874, September 2022., 2022
Abstract Inspired by the fertility and climate change‐mitigation properties of the so‐called Amazonian Dark Earths (ADEs), soil science has devised a technoscientific replica, a soil amendment known as biochar, intended to improve agricultural sustainability and carbon storage in the biosphere. Drawing on fieldwork with Afroindigenous horticulturalists,
Aníbal G. Arregui
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Assessing soil quality changes after 10 years of agricultural activities in eastern Hungary*

Irrigation and Drainage, Volume 70, Issue 5, Page 1116-1128, December 2021., 2021
Abstract In Hungary, soil plays a fundamental role in agricultural production. The main aim of this research was to track the spatial–temporal variations in certain soil properties (soil organic carbon [So], pH, NO3−, P, K, Mn, Zn and Cu) between 2000 and 2010 in 55 different farms in the eastern part of Hungary (Hajdú‐Bihar region).
István Takács, Mahdis Amiri, Kith Károly, Safwan Mohammed   +3 more
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Differentiation of endospheric microbiota in ancient and modern wheat cultivar roots

Plant-Environment Interactions, Volume 2, Issue 5, Page 235-248, October 2021., 2021
Root endosphere microbiota composition differed among modern (M) and ancient (A) wheat cultivars considering both bacteria (a) and fungi (b) Abstract Modern plant breeding and agrosystems artificialization could have altered plants’ ability to filter and recruit beneficial microorganisms in its microbiota.
Solène Mauger, Claire Ricono, Cendrine Mony, Vèronique Chable, Estelle Serpolay, Marine Biget, Philippe Vandenkoornhuyse   +6 more
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Production et valeur nutritive de Medicago arborea en intercalaire dans un système fourrager pluvial en zone semi-aride méditerranéenne

African and Mediterranean Agricultural Journal - Al Awamia, 2022
Dans les zones arides, la production fourragère est limitée à cause des sécheresses fréquentes. Combler le déficit fourrager dépend de la diversification des ressources alimentaires. Medicago arborea, serait une alternative.
M. El Koudrim, A. Chriyaa, S. Hilali
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Influence des ligneux sur la fertilité des sols dans les systèmes parcs agroforestiers de la commune rurale de Kokologho (Burkina Faso) [PDF]

Ziglôbitha
Résumé : Dans la zone soudano-sahélienne du Burkina Faso, et particulièrement dans la commune rurale de Kokologho, la majorité de la population vivait essentiellement de l’agriculture itinérante.
Joël OUEDRAOGO, Yélézouomin Stéphane Corentin SOME et Saïdou SAVADOGO
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Etude des résidus de simazine dans les vignobles et de leur action sur la vigne

OENO One, 1977
La simazine est généralement retenue dans la couche superficielle du sol. ElIe ne s'accumule pas, car elle est dégradée. ElIe entraîne une modification du nombre et des proportions relatives des micro-organismes du sol.
M. Nikov, B. Koltcheva, D. Atanassova
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