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Wind Erosion in Niger

Andreas A.C. Buerkert
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      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.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Andreas A.C. Buerkert EAN: 9789401072229 COUNTRY: Netherlands PAGES: WEIGHT: 458 g HEIGHT: 240 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Springer DATE PUBLISHED: 2011-09-20 CITY: GENRE: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Forestry WIDTH: 160 cm SPINE:

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      Agribusiness and primary industries, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Plant biology, Agricultural science, Soil science and management, Forestry and silviculture

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      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.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Andreas A.C. Buerkert EAN: 9789401072229 COUNTRY: Netherlands PAGES: WEIGHT: 458 g HEIGHT: 240 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Springer DATE PUBLISHED: 2011-09-20 CITY: GENRE: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Forestry WIDTH: 160 cm SPINE:

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      Agribusiness and primary industries, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Plant biology, Agricultural science, Soil science and management, Forestry and silviculture

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