Revisiting a 'cure against land hunger': soil fertility management and farming systems dynamics in the West African Sahel

N. de Ridder; H. Breman; H. van Keulen; T.J. Stomph

doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2003.06.004

Revisiting a 'cure against land hunger': soil fertility management and farming systems dynamics in the West African Sahel

N. de Ridder, H. Breman, H. van Keulen, T.J. Stomph

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Abstract

It should be borne in mind that as a principle of arable farming, what is taken from the soil should be returned to it in full measure.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	109-131
Journal	Agricultural Systems
Volume	80
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2003.06.004
Publication status	Published - 2004

Keywords

rainfall-runoff dynamics
hortonian overland-flow
term crop response
nutrient balances
continuous cultivation
organic-matter
northern nigeria
different scales
southern mali
nitrogen

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