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

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-120

  Zougmore R ^a,b   Mando, A ^c   Stroosnijder, L ^b  

^a Inst for Environ and Agric Res   (Burkina Faso)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Agric Development Africa Division   (Togo)

Author keywords

Grass strip; Nutrient input; Sorghum; Stone row; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; DRAINAGE; PLANTS (BOTANY); RAIN; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; NUTRIENT BUDGET; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RETENTION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 1042267181     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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