Climate-smart soil water and nutrient management options in semiarid West Africa: A review of evidence and analysis of stone bunds and zaï techniques

Agriculture and Food Security

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Zougmoré, Robert ^a   Jalloh, Abdulai ^b   Tioro, Andre ^c  

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

^b West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF/WECARD)   (Senegal)

^c Reseau des Organisations Paysannes et de Producteurs Agricoles de l'Afrique de l'Ouest ^*  (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate smart agriculture; Food security; Sahel; Soil and water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006041931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20487010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2048-7010-3-16     Document Type: Review

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