Contribution of sorghum to productivity of small-holder irrigation schemes: On-farm research in the Senegal River Valley, Mauritania

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 115, Issue , 2013, Pages 72-82

  Garcia Ponce E ^a,b   Gomez Macpherson H ^a   Diallo, O ^b   Djibril, M ^b   Baba, C ^b   Porcel, O ^a,b   Mathieu, B ^a,b   Comas, J ^c   Mateos, L ^a   Connor, D J ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

^b Office National de Recherches et de Développement de l Élevage ONARDEL   (Mauritania)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gross margin; Irrigated sorghum; Participatory research; Water use efficiency; West African Sahel

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; IRRIGATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RICE; RIVER BASIN; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL TYPE; SORGHUM; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WATERLOGGING; WEED CONTROL;

MAURITANIA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SENEGAL RIVER;

ORYZA SATIVA; SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 84871922419     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2012.09.009     Document Type: Article

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