Download or read book Am lioration du sorgho et de sa culture en Afrique de l Ouest et du Centre written by Alain Ratnadass and published by Cirad. This book was released on 1998 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Improved Crop Productivity for Africa s Drylands written by Tom Walker and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2016-08-17 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 200 million people living in dryland regions of Sub-Saharan Africa make their living from agriculture. Most are exposed to weather shocks, especially drought, that can decimate their incomes, destroy their assets, and plunge them into a poverty trap from which it is diffi cult to emerge. Their lack of resilience in the face of these shocks can be attributed in large part to the poor performance of agriculture on which their livelihood depends. Opportunities exist to improve the fortunes of farming households in the drylands. Improved farming technologies that can increase and stabilize the production of millet, sorghum, maize, and other leading staples are available. Irrigation is technically and economically feasible in some areas and offers additional opportunities to increase and stabilize crop production, especially small-scale irrigation, which tends to be more affordable and easier to manage. Yet many of these opportunities have not been exploited on a large scale, for reasons that include lack of farmer knowledge, nonavailability of inputs, unfavorable price incentives, high levels of production risk, and high cost. Future production growth in drylands agriculture is expected to come mainly from raising yields and increasing the number of crop rotations on land that is already being cultivated (intensifi cation), rather than from bringing new land into cultivation (extensifi cation). Controlling for rainfall, average yields in rainfed cropping systems in Sub-Saharan Africa are still much lower than yields in rainfed cropping systems in other regions, suggesting that there is considerable scope to intensify production in these systems. Furthermore, unlike in other regions, production of low-value cereals under irrigation is generally not economic in Sub-Saharan Africa unless the cereals can be grown in rotation with one or more high-value cash crops. The long-run strategy for drylands agriculture, therefore, must be to promote production of staples in rainfed systems and production of high-value cereals (for example, rice), horticultural cops, and industrial crops in irrigated systems. Based on a detailed review of currently available technologies, Improved Crop Productivity for Africa’s Drylands argues that improving the productivity and stability of agriculture in the drylands has the potential to make a signifi cant contribution to reducing vulnerability and increasing resilience. At the same time, it is important to keep in mind that in an environment characterized by limited agro-climatic potential and subject to repeated shocks, farming on small land holdings may not generate suffi cient income to bring people out of poverty.

Download or read book Genetic Diversity of Cultivated Tropical Plants written by Perla Hamon and published by Editions Quae. This book was released on 2003 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cultivating Biodiversity to Transform Agriculture written by Étienne Hainzelin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can cultivated plant biodiversity contribute to the transformation and the "ecologization" of agriculture in Southern countries? Based on extensive field work in the Southern countries, a great deal of scientific progress is presented in all areas affecting agriculture (agronomy, plant breeding and crop protection, cultivation systems, etc.) in order to intensify the ecological processes in cultivated plots and at the scale of rural landscapes.

Download or read book Dromadaires et chameaux animaux laitiers written by Pascal Bonnet and published by Editions Quae. This book was released on 1998 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Towards Sustainable Sorghum Production Utilization and Commercialization in West and Central Africa written by I. Akintayo and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Proceedings of the International Pearl Millet Workshop written by John R. Witcombe and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improvement through plant breeding. Biological Factors Affecting Pearl Millet. Climatic and Edaphic limitations to pearl millet yields. Androgenesis and Enzymatic Diversity in pearl millet. Possibilities for pearl millet hybrids in Africa. Food quality, consumer Acceptance, and Storage Stability of pearl millet grain. Quantitative genetics and analysis of multilocational trials. Pearl millet entomology. Pearl millet for fodder and forage production. Pearl millet microbiology. Pearl millet production in drier areas. Pearl millet pathology. Pearl millet as a crop for intensive Agriculture.

Download or read book Bibliography of Agriculture written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cover Crops in West Africa written by International Development Research Centre (Canada) and published by IDRC. This book was released on 1998 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover Crops in West Africa Contributing to Sustainable Agriculture

Download or read book Africa South of the Sahara Central African Republic Ivory Coast written by Library of Congress. African Section and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Climate Prediction and Agriculture written by Mannava VK Sivakumar and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-26 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on an International Workshop held in Geneva in 2005, this book reviews the advances made so far in seasonal climate predictions and their applications for management and decision-making in agriculture. It also identifies the challenges to be addressed in the next 5 to 10 years to further enhance operational applications of climate predictions in agriculture, especially in developing countries.

Download or read book AGRAR 2013 written by Fok, Michel and published by Presses Agronomiques de Gembloux. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La 4e de couv. indique : "La conférence AGRAR en 2013 a été prévue dans la conduite du Projet AFOMDnet dans le cadre du Programme ACP pour la Science et la Technologie avec le soutien de l’Union Européenne. Elle n’aurait cependant pu avoir lieu sans l’adhésion et le soutien − directs ou indirects − mais aussi la participation d’un nombre conséquent d’institutions du Nord et du Sud. La conférence AGRAR (pour « AGRiculture, Alimentation et Recherche »), une conférence par et pour la recherche agronomique en Afrique, a été conçue pour perdurer. Il est espéré que le partage des travaux conduits en Afrique se poursuive. C’est l’objectif de la publication de ces Actes."

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Download or read book Recherche Pour Le D veloppement de la Traction Animale en Afrique de L Ouest written by West Africa Animal Traction Network. Workshop and published by ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD). This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animal health; Diversified uses of animal traction; Harnessing and implements; Management; Nutrition; Research methodoloby; Socio-economic aspects; Technology transfer; Regional and miscellaneous; Workshop synthesis; Poster abstracts.