In semi-arid south-western Niger, climatic variability, low productivity, poverty and institutional constraints limit the scope of agricultural production to meet the rising needs of the growing human population. The integration of crop and livestock production activities has long been seen as th...
Rovere, R. La
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Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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Keulen, H. van
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[Options for intensification of mixed crop-livestock systems in rural communities of south-western Niger: Prospects and constraints]
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Options for intensification of mixed crop-livestock systems in rural communities of south-western Niger: Prospects and constraints
Presents and discusses the results of a 3 year experiment carried - in the Niger flood plains of central Mali - to compare the effects of burning with cutting, grazing & complete exclosure. Makes suggestions for improved burning practices for range management.
Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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Diarra, L.
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[Savanna burning, a controversial technique for rangeland management in the Niger flood plains of central Mali]
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Savanna burning, a controversial technique for rangeland management in the Niger flood plains of central Mali
Three papers are reviewed in this paper. The first paper presents a model of biological processes to investigate long-term effects of soil and crop long-erm effects of soil and crop management strategies while the other two papers present approaches to study crop production strategies at the ente...
Fernández Rivera, S.
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Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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Kaufmann, Ralph R. von
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Turner, M.
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Williams, Timothy O.
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[Response to case studies of eco-regional approaches at the farm/enterprise level]
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Response to case studies of eco-regional approaches at the farm/enterprise level
In the Sahel, opportunistic resource management operates with communal access rights and land tenure systems that include particular access rights and land tenure systems that include particular access rights to key pastoral resources. The pastoral Development approaches attached to the concept o...
Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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[Implications of the 'new rangeland paradigm' for natural resource management]
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Implications of the 'new rangeland paradigm' for natural resource management