Background
Excessive rainwater during the rainy season and lack of water in the dry season have been challenging the agricultural productivity and food security for rural communities in southern Mali. Various soil and water conservation practices were implemented in the past to improve crop yield...
Zemadim, Birhanu
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Tabo, Ramadjita
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[Shallow wells, the untapped resource with a potential to improve agriculture and food security in southern Mali]
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Shallow wells, the untapped resource with a potential to improve agriculture and food security in southern Mali
Soil and water conservation (SWC) practices like that of erosion control and soil fertility measures were commonly practiced in the semiarid region of southern Mali since the 1980s. The SWC practices were mainly meant to increase water availability in the subsurface, reduce farm water runoff and ...
Zemadim, Birhanu
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Traoré, K.
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Gumma, Murali K.
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Badolo, F.
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Tabo, R.
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Whitbread, Anthony M.
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[A watershed approach to managing rainfed agriculture in the semiarid region of southern Mali: Integrated research on water and land use]
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A watershed approach to managing rainfed agriculture in the semiarid region of southern Mali: Integrated research on water and land use
Climate variability and change will have far reaching consequences for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, the
majority of whom depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. Crop modelling can help inform the improvement of
agricultural productivity under future climate. This study applies ...
Akinseye, Folorunso M
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Ajeigbe, Hakeem A.
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Traoré, Pierre Sibiry
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Agele, Samuel O
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Zemadim, Birhanu
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Whitbread, Anthony M.
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[Improving sorghum productivity under changing climatic conditions: A modelling approach]
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Improving sorghum productivity under changing climatic conditions: A modelling approach
The water demand and irrigation requirement of Holetta Catchment is not fully studied. In addition to this, due to scarcity of the available surface water and increase in water demand for irrigation, the major users of the river are facing a challenge to allocate the available water. Therefore, t...
Tibebe, M.
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Zemadim, Birhanu
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[Water Demand Analysis and Irrigation Requirement for Major Crops at Holetta Catchment, Awash Subbasin, Ethiopia]
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Water Demand Analysis and Irrigation Requirement for Major Crops at Holetta Catchment, Awash Subbasin, Ethiopia
Deforestation due to farmland expansion, fragile soils, undulating terrain, and heavy seasonal rains makes the highlands of Ethiopia vulnerable to soil erosion. The diverse terrain of the rural highlands requires spatially explicit investments in land management structures. This paper utilizes re...
Schmidt, E.
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Zemadim, Birhanu
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[Expanding sustainable land management in Ethiopia: scenarios for improved agricultural water management in the Blue Nile]
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Expanding sustainable land management in Ethiopia: scenarios for improved agricultural water management in the Blue Nile
Mali is one of the least developed countries with an economy that relies heavily on rainfed cereal production. Rural communities are faced with extreme poverty as a result of unpredictable rainfall pattern and lack of appropriate agricultural intervention practices. Most agronomic practices in su...
Zemadim, Birhanu
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[The challenges of rainfed agricultural practices in Mali-redefining research agenda - A short communication]
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The challenges of rainfed agricultural practices in Mali-redefining research agenda - A short communication
Soil erosion is among the critical environmental constraint for crop production in southern Mali. Contour ridge tillage (CRT), a water conservation technique had been locally applied since 1990. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of CRT compared with farmer conventional agri...
Traoré, K.
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Zemadim, Birhanu
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[Soil erosion control and moisture conservation using contour ridge tillage in Bougouni and Koutiala, southern Mali]
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Soil erosion control and moisture conservation using contour ridge tillage in Bougouni and Koutiala, southern Mali
Soil and water conservation (SWC) practices like that of erosion control and soil fertility measures were commonly practiced in the semiarid region of southern Mali since the 1980s. The SWC practices were mainly meant to increase water availability in the subsurface, reduce farm water runoff and ...
Zemadim, Birhanu
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Traoré, Kalifa
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Gumma, Murali K.
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Badolo, Félix
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Tabo, Ramadjita
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Whitbread, Anthony M.
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[A watershed approach to managing rainfed agriculture in the semiarid region of southern Mali: integrated research on water and land use]
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A watershed approach to managing rainfed agriculture in the semiarid region of southern Mali: integrated research on water and land use