Effect of soil and water conservation and nutrient management on the soil–plant water balance in semi-arid Burkina Faso

Zougmoré, Robert B.; Mando, A.; Stroosnijder, L.

doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2003.07.001

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“…Small-scale water harvesting can include practices such as digging zai pits for individual plants and constructing ditches, terraces or stone lines to direct water to where it is needed. Simple techniques conserve soil moisture and improve productivity of most crops (Amede et al 2011;Zougmoré et al 2004). Water harvesting is often already a locally adapted measure and there are well known examples such as the Fanya-juu terraces for vegetable and staple production and chaco dams to increase water availability for cattle and other livestock in East Africa.…”

Section: Water Use Efficiency and Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Qualitative Evaluation of CSA Options in Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems in Developing Countries

Thornton

Rosenstock

Förch³

et al. 2017

Natural Resource Management and Policy

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The mixed crop-livestock systems of the developing world will become increasingly important for meeting the food security challenges of the coming decades. The synergies and trade-offs between food security, adaptation, and mitigation objectives are not well studied, however. Comprehensive evaluations of the costs and benefits, and the synergies and trade-offs, of different options in developing-country mixed systems do not exist as yet.Here we summarise what we know about the climate smartness of different alternatives in the mixed croplivestock systems in developing countries, based on published literature supplemented by a survey of experts. We discuss constraints to the uptake of different interventions and the potential for their adoption, and highlight some of the technical and policy implications of current knowledge and knowledge gaps.

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Section: Water Use Efficiency and Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Qualitative Evaluation of CSA Options in Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems in Developing Countries

Thornton

Rosenstock

Förch³

et al. 2017

Natural Resource Management and Policy

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“…In this simulation, ET and D were estimated daily using the following formulas (Zougmoré et al 2004):…”

Section: Sampling Of Percolated Water and Monitoring Of Soil Water Dymentioning

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Nitrogen balance under non-tillage maize (Zea maysL.) cultivation after hairy vetch (Vicia villosaRoth.) cropping at sloping fields

Nagumo

Nakamura

2013

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

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Leguminous plants are often cropped before main cropping in conservation agriculture based cropping systems. However, their quick decomposition and subsequent nitrogen (N) release may cause N leaching. In order to understand the effects of non-tillage cropping combined with hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth.) fallow as a cover crop on N balance considering water balance at sloping fields, an experiment was conducted on a sloping field at the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Tropical Agriculture Research Front (TARF), Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Two fallow systems (natural and hairy vetch; HV) were combined with 2 soil tillage treatments (non-tillage and conventional tillage). Maize (Zea mays L.) was planted after the soil tillage treatment. Non-tillage after HV with half of the recommended fertilizer (vZ-1/2F) obtained similar grain yield (oven-dry basis; 5747 kg ha ). A significant turnover of HV-N to the soil probably resulted in high N leaching for vZ-1/2F. Available N, calculated as fertilizer N + available rate × HV-N + Soil N, was almost equal to the sum of N uptake by maize and leached N. The residue mulch with non-tillage (vZ-1/2F) decreased water runoff, resulting in increased percolation. However, the NO 3 -N concentration in the percolated water was a much more important factor for N leaching calculation than the amount of percolation. This increased NO 3 -N concentration was probably due to decomposition of the HV biomass produced. However, the total N balance for maize cropping after HV fallow showed significant N surplus in the soil at the end of cropping. This must contribute to soil fertility improvement.

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“…During the last 30 years, several water management technologies such as tillage, stone rows, hedgerows, earth bunds, dikes, half-moon and Zai have been tested to improve soil water infiltration and storage (Zougmoré et al, 2004). Zougmoré et al (2004) demonstrated that to soil productivity in the sub-Saharan zone is a function of improvement in water infiltration and storage in soil.…”

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Impact of tillage and fertility management options on selected soil physical properties and sorghum yield

Sermé¹,

Ouattara²,

Logah³

et al. 2015

Int. J. Bio. Chem. Sci

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Water and soil fertility are the most limiting biophysical factors affecting crop production in semi-arid West Africa. . This study was conducted in Nadion (south Sudan zone of Burkina Faso) to assess the impact of tillage practices (no-till, tied ridging; ripping and conventional tillage) combined with soil fertility management options (compost, NPK + Urea, crop residues, Compost+ NPK + Urea and a control) on soil moisture content and sorghum yield. The soil moisture was monitored weekly using the Time Domain Reflectometer (TDR) method and the soil bulk density was evaluated 30 days after planting. Zero tillage increased the soil water storage capacity compared to the other tillage practices at 0-30 cm depth. Sorghum straw residues application improved soil water content by 20%. Conventional tillage decreased surface soil (0-10 cm) bulk density. Compost + NPK + Urea application increased sorghum yield by 74% over the control while, NPK + urea and compost increased sorghum grain yield by 50% and 29%, respectively relative to the control (no soil amendment). Conventional tillage led to decrease in yield compared to zero tillage after two years of experimentation. The zero tillage combined with compost, NPK and urea increased sorghum yield by 28% compared to tied-ridging regardless of the fertility management options. Zero tillage is a promising option for sorghum production in the South Sudan agro-ecological zone of Burkina Faso.

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Effect of soil and water conservation and nutrient management on the soil–plant water balance in semi-arid Burkina Faso

Cited by 73 publications

References 18 publications

A Qualitative Evaluation of CSA Options in Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems in Developing Countries

A Qualitative Evaluation of CSA Options in Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems in Developing Countries

Nitrogen balance under non-tillage maize (Zea maysL.) cultivation after hairy vetch (Vicia villosaRoth.) cropping at sloping fields

Impact of tillage and fertility management options on selected soil physical properties and sorghum yield

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