2020
DOI: 10.9734/ajraf/2020/v5i330088
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Impact of Cultural Practice, Socio-economic Level and Environment on the Profitability of the Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) in Niger (West Africa)

Abstract: Phoeniciculture, or date palm cultivation plays a major socio-economic and ecological role. However, few studies have quantified the drivers of date palm cultivation and its socio-economic and environmental benefits in West African Sahel. Therefore, this study assessed the effect of anthropic and environmental factors on quantitative and qualitative production of dates palm in Niger. We conducted an ethnobotanical survey to collect data in the Sahelian and Saharian zones of Niger. We used permutation regressio… Show more

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“…The technique of burning dry palms is not widely applied by the majority of farmers, only 33% in the Sahara and 23% in the Sahel. These results are equivalent to those observed in Niger by Ibrahim et al (2020).…”
Section: Wealth and Diversity Of Management Of Peasant Practises In S...supporting
confidence: 89%
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“…The technique of burning dry palms is not widely applied by the majority of farmers, only 33% in the Sahara and 23% in the Sahel. These results are equivalent to those observed in Niger by Ibrahim et al (2020).…”
Section: Wealth and Diversity Of Management Of Peasant Practises In S...supporting
confidence: 89%
“…Similarly, pruning of the spikelets of the female inflorescence is not carried out by growers either before or after pollination although this practice contributes to improving yields. In Niger, this cultivation technique is used much more since 96.66% of farmers in Sahara and 57.14% of farmers in Sahel reduce the number of female inflorescences (Ibrahim et al, 2020).…”
Section: Wealth and Diversity Of Management Of Peasant Practises In S...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The combination of local environmental conditions and genetic migration limited by the distance between subpopulations could act more on the local differentiation of allele frequencies (Wright, 1943) which can considerably impact the genetic structure of populations. In the date palm areas of Niger, some palm groves are very far from each other and even though cultivation practices vary from one area to another and from one palm grove to another (Ibrahim et al 2020). The palm groves of Niger are distributed in the Saharan and Sahelian zones and that there is a relationship between the geographical distribution and the cultivation practices (Ibrahim et al, 2020).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the date palm areas of Niger, some palm groves are very far from each other and even though cultivation practices vary from one area to another and from one palm grove to another (Ibrahim et al 2020). The palm groves of Niger are distributed in the Saharan and Sahelian zones and that there is a relationship between the geographical distribution and the cultivation practices (Ibrahim et al, 2020). Furthermore, the history of palm groves in Niger shows that the two subpopulations have a different origin (Ibrahim et al, 2020).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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