Modeling the effects of crop patterns and management scenarios on N and P loads to surface water and groundwater in a semi-humid catchment (West Africa)

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 115, Issue , 2012, Pages 20-37

  Bossa, A Y ^a   Diekkruger B ^a   Giertz, S ^a   Steup, G ^a   Sintondji, L O ^b   Agbossou, E K ^b   Hiepe, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Land degradation; Land use change; Management scenarios; SWAT; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT SCALE; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CROP YIELD; CROPPING SYSTEMS; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND-USE CHANGE; LAND-USE SCENARIO; LOCAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT DELIVERY; NUTRIENT LOADING; NUTRIENT LOADS; PLANT GROWTH; PRINCIPAL FACTORS; REGIONAL SCALE; RIVER CATCHMENT; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STUDY AREAS; SWAT; WATER SYSTEM; WATER YIELD; WEST AFRICA;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; MANURES; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STREAM FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

SEDIMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COTTON; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MAIZE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEDIMENT YIELD; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; DONGA BASIN;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84869778265     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2012.08.011     Document Type: Article

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