scholarly journals Chemical composition, characteristics concerned with fermentative quality and microbial population of ensiled pearl millet and sorghum stover in semi‐arid West Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 91 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yimin Cai ◽  
Zhumei Du ◽  
Seishi Yamasaki ◽  
Delma B. Jethro ◽  
Nignan Man
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Composition ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Pearl Millet ◽  
Microbial Population ◽  
Arid West ◽  
Semi Arid ◽  
Composition Characteristics

PEARL MILLET PRODUCTION PRACTICES IN SEMI-ARID WEST AFRICA: A REVIEW

2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 501-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
STEPHEN C. MASON ◽  
NOURI MAMAN ◽  
SIÉBOU PALÉ
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Pearl Millet ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Pennisetum Glaucum ◽  
West African ◽  
Reference List ◽  
The Past ◽  
Production Practices ◽  
Arid West ◽  
Semi Arid

SUMMARYPearl millet (Pennisetum glaucumL.) is an important grain crop for millions of poor farmers and consumers in the semi-arid region of West Africa. During the past 40 years, much research on pearl millet production practices and adoption in this region has been conducted, but an attempt to summarize these results has not been previously completed and these research results are not readily available to many West African scientists. This review was completed to address this need and integrate knowledge, and at the same time identify research needs for the future and extension priorities for semi-arid West African agro-ecological zones. Research has shown that selection of improved varieties and cropping systems, appropriate cultural practices, and recommended integrated soil, nutrient, residue and pest management can greatly increase grain and stover yields of pearl millet. However, adoption by farmers has been minimal due to limited profitability, high risk and labour demand, limited input supply, market availability and appropriate public policy. This review has 196 articles included as in-text citations (Table 1) compared to 149 articles in the reference list, indicating that only one in four articles integrated two or more topics in the research. The obvious conclusion is that most of the past research has not addressed the ‘system’ but rather one or two management practices. In addition, most studies have interpreted responses in terms of yield without addressing other important considerations for farmer adoption. Recent conservation agriculture research moves closer to addressing the larger integrative types of research needed. Such research is complex and requires sustained funding for field and laboratory activities, but also for computer simulation modelling and economic assessment.

Tillage and soil physical properties in semi-arid West Africa

1993 ◽  
Vol 27 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 125-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Nicou ◽  
C. Charreau ◽  
J.-L. Chopart
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Physical Properties ◽  
Soil Physical Properties ◽  
Arid West ◽  
Semi Arid

Sorghum and Groundnut Sole and Intercrop Nutrient Response in Semi-Arid West Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 109 (6) ◽  
pp. 2907-2917 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Maman ◽  
M. K. Dicko ◽  
A. Gonda ◽  
C. S. Wortmann
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Nutrient Response ◽  
Arid West ◽  
Semi Arid

Seasonal soil water variation and root patterns between two semi-arid shrubs co-existing with Pearl millet in Senegal, West Africa

2006 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 436-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Kizito ◽  
M. Dragila ◽  
M. Sène ◽  
A. Lufafa ◽  
I. Diedhiou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Pearl Millet ◽  
Semi Arid

Soil and cropping system research in semi-arid West Africa as related to the potential for conservation agriculture

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen C. Mason ◽  
Korodjouma Ouattara ◽  
Sibiri Jean-Baptiste Taonda ◽  
Siébou Palé ◽  
Adama Sohoro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Cropping System ◽  
Conservation Agriculture ◽  
System Research ◽  
Arid West ◽  
Semi Arid

Organic resources and earthworms affect phosphorus availability to sorghum after phosphate rock addition in semi-arid West Africa

2005 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 458-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisée Ouédraogo ◽  
Lijbert Brussaard ◽  
Abdoulaye Mando ◽  
Leo Stroosnijder
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Phosphate Rock ◽  
Phosphorus Availability ◽  
Arid West ◽  
Organic Resources ◽  
Semi Arid

Effects of cowpea, crotalaria and sorghum crops and phosphorus fertilizers on maize productivity in semi-arid West Africa

1999 ◽  
Vol 132 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. MULEBA
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Green Manure ◽  
N Fertilization ◽  
Maize Crop ◽  
Maize Productivity ◽  
Preceding Crop ◽  
Natural Rock ◽  
Arid West ◽  
Semi Arid

Cowpea and sorghum grain crops, fertilized with 26 kg of phosphorus (P) per ha from either a P-soluble (SP) or a slightly P-soluble fertilizer (Kodjari, a natural rock phosphate (RP) indigenous to Burkina Faso), and cowpea and crotalaria (Crotalaria retusa) green manure crops, either unfertilized or fertilized with 26 kg P/ha from RP; were studied for their effects as preceding crop treatments for maize. The experiment was conducted in semi-arid West Africa (SAWA) at Farako-Bâ in Burkina Faso in 1983–86. Nitrogen (N) and soluble P fertilized and unfertilized subtreatments, applied to maize the following year, allowed the effects of the preceding crop treatments in improving soil fertility and the direct effects of P and N fertilizers applied to the maize crop to be assessed. Maize productivity was increased both by P fertilization and by soil improvements following cowpea and crotalaria; N fertilization in excess of 60 kg N/ha was not beneficial. Cowpea grain crop treatments, especially when fertilized with a P-soluble source, maximized maize yields, whereas cowpea and crotalaria green manure treatments were either similar to the cowpea grain treatment fertilized with RP or were intermediate between the latter and the sorghum treatment fertilized with SP. Sorghum, regardless of the source of P-fertilizer used, appeared not to be a suitable preceding crop for maize in SAWA.

scholarly journals Crop Monitoring Using Vegetation and Thermal Indices for Yield Estimates: Case Study of a Rainfed Cereal in Semi-Arid West Africa

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 347-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Leroux ◽  
Christian Baron ◽  
Bernardin Zoungrana ◽  
Seydou B. Traore ◽  
Danny Lo Seen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Thermal Indices ◽  
Crop Monitoring ◽  
Arid West ◽  
Semi Arid

scholarly journals Enhancing agroecosystem productivity with woody perennials in semi-arid West Africa. A meta-analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Georges F. Félix ◽  
Johannes M. S. Scholberg ◽  
Cathy Clermont-Dauphin ◽  
Laurent Cournac ◽  
Pablo Tittonell
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Woody Perennials ◽  
Arid West ◽  
Semi Arid
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