Trends in productivity of crops, fallow and rangelands in Southwest Niger: Impact of land use, management and variable rainfall

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 375, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 65-77

  Hiernaux, Pierre ^a   Ayantunde, Augustine ^b   Kalilou, Adamou ^c   Mougin, Eric ^a,d   Gérard, Bruno ^e   Baup, Frédéric ^a   Grippa, Manuela ^a   Djaby, Bakary ^f  

^a CESBIO   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (Mali)

^c ICRISAT Sahelian Center   (Niger)

^d Institut de recherche pour le developpement Mali   (Mali)

^e INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fallows; Land use; Millet crops; Sahel; Vegetation dynamics; Vegetation growth modelling

Indexed keywords

FALLOWS; MILLET CROPS; SAHEL; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION GROWTH MODELLING;

CROPS; FERTILIZERS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY; RAIN; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

LAND USE;

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FALLOW; GROWTH MODELING; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; LAND USE CHANGE; MILLET; RAINFALL; RANGELAND; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOIL FERTILITY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AFRICA; FAKARA; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TILLABERI; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 69549092745     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.01.032     Document Type: Article

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