Crop growth on acid sandy soils of the Sudano-Sahelian zone is primarily limited by the low amounts of organic matter and available mineral nutrients in the topsoil. The shortening of fallow periods with population growth, the exploitation of fire wood, spatial nutrient transfers by wind and wate...
Buerkert, Andreas
,
Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
,
[Nutrients in the West African Sudano-Sahelian zone: Losses, transfers and role of external inputs]
,
Nutrients in the West African Sudano-Sahelian zone: Losses, transfers and role of external inputs
Improved understandings of the agricultural and range ecologies of semi-arid Africa require better information on the spatiotemporal distribution of domestic livestock across agropastoral landscapes. An empirical GIS-based approach was developed for estimating distributions of herded livestock a...
Turner, M.D.
,
Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
,
[The use of herders' accounts to map livestock activities across agropastoral landscapes in Semi-Arid Africa]
,
The use of herders' accounts to map livestock activities across agropastoral landscapes in Semi-Arid Africa
Poor cropland fertility and a rapidly rising demand for food force Sahelian farmers to cultivate more land and shorten fallow periods. This mostly leads to a gradual decline in crop yields per hectare, which can be counterbalanced by the systematic use of livestock manure on cropland. To assess t...
Schlecht, E.
,
Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
,
Achard, F.
,
Turner, M.D.
,
[Livestock related nutrient budgets within village territories in western Niger]
,
Livestock related nutrient budgets within village territories in western Niger
Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
,
[Effects of grazing on plant species composition and spatial distribution in rangelands of the Sahel]
,
Effects of grazing on plant species composition and spatial distribution in rangelands of the Sahel
An experiment was conducted in 1996 and 1997 in semi-arid Niger, to determine the influence of supplementation (no supplement, millet bran + simple superphosphate, or millet bran + simple superphosphate + blood meal) for cattle and mulching (0 or 3 t ha-1 of Aristida sieberiana straw) on soil fer...
Sangare, M.
,
Fernández Rivera, S.
,
Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
,
Bationo, B. André
,
Pandey, V.S.
,
[Influence of dry season supplementation for cattle on soil fertility and millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.) yield in a mixed crop/livestock production system of the Sahel]
,
Influence of dry season supplementation for cattle on soil fertility and millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.) yield in a mixed crop/livestock production system of the Sahel
The effects of 4 years grazing by sheep and goats at various stocking rates on soil surface features, bulk density, organic C, N and P contents and pH were investigated in Sadore, Niger. Studies were also conducted in a fallow subjected to 9 years of intensive grazing. Although grazing reduced (P...
Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
,
Bielders, Charles L.
,
Valentin, Christian
,
Bationo, B. André
,
Fernández Rivera, S.
,
[Effects of livestock grazing on physical and chemical properties of sandy soils in Sahelian rangelands]
,
Effects of livestock grazing on physical and chemical properties of sandy soils in Sahelian rangelands
This study documents indigenous knowledge of
breeds of cattle, sheep and goats in southwestern Niger, and includes both pastoralists and agropastoralists. Our study included sheep and goats in view of the increasing importance of small ruminants in livestock production systems in the Sahel since ...
Ayantunde, Augustine A.
,
Kango, M.
,
Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
,
Udo, H.M.J.
,
Tabo, Ramadjita
,
[Herders' perceptions on ruminant livestock breeds and breeding management in Southwestern Niger]
,
Herders' perceptions on ruminant livestock breeds and breeding management in Southwestern Niger