Economic potential for soil carbon sequestration in the Nioro region of Senegal's Peanut Basin

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-37

  Diagana, Bocar ^a   Antle, John ^b   Stoorvogel, Jetse ^c   Gray, Kara ^b  

^a Institut Senegalais de Recherches AgrEcoles Dakar   (Senegal)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Economic potential; Model; Senegal

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP RESIDUE; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROUNDNUT; MILLET; MODELING; SOIL CARBON; TRADE-OFF;

AFRICA; KAOLACK; NIORO; PEANUT BASIN; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

EID: 33847191679     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2005.08.010     Document Type: Article

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