Burkina Faso : The Zaï Technique and Enhanced Agricultural Productivity

More than 90 percent of the population in the Sahel lives on agriculture. The fact that crop production has not kept up with population growth during the last two decades is attributed to land degradation and productivity decline resulting in incre...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE BAMBOO CAPACITY BUILDING CROP CROP PRODUCTION CROP YIELDS CROPPING CROPS CULTIVARS DEGRADED LANDS DRY SEASON EQUIPMENT EROSION EXTENSION FARMER FARMERS FOOD INSECURITY GRAIN INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE LAND DEGRADATION LANDS NGOS ORGANIC MATTER PLANTING POPULATION GROWTH PRODUCTION SYSTEMS RAINFALL RURAL POVERTY SAHEL SEED SEEDLINGS SEEDS SOIL FERTILITY SOILS SORGHUM STRIGA SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA WATER CONSERVATION WATER CONSERVATION TECHNIQUES YIELD INCREASE YIELDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/5773507/burkina-faso-zai-technique-enhanced-agricultural-productivity http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10754

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spelling	okr-10986-107542021-04-23T14:02:52Z Burkina Faso : The Zaï Technique and Enhanced Agricultural Productivity World Bank AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE BAMBOO CAPACITY BUILDING CROP CROP PRODUCTION CROP YIELDS CROPPING CROPS CULTIVARS DEGRADED LANDS DRY SEASON EQUIPMENT EROSION EXTENSION FARMER FARMERS FOOD INSECURITY GRAIN INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE LAND DEGRADATION LANDS NGOS ORGANIC MATTER PLANTING POPULATION GROWTH PRODUCTION SYSTEMS RAINFALL RURAL POVERTY SAHEL SEED SEEDLINGS SEEDS SOIL FERTILITY SOILS SORGHUM STRIGA SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA WATER CONSERVATION WATER CONSERVATION TECHNIQUES YIELD INCREASE YIELDS More than 90 percent of the population in the Sahel lives on agriculture. The fact that crop production has not kept up with population growth during the last two decades is attributed to land degradation and productivity decline resulting in increased levels of rural poverty, food shortages and chronic food insecurity. In response, since the 1980s, Sahelian farmers have experimented with various soil and water conservation techniques to restore, maintain or improve soil fertility. 2012-08-13T13:02:23Z 2012-08-13T13:02:23Z 2005-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/5773507/burkina-faso-zai-technique-enhanced-agricultural-productivity http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10754 English Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 55 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa
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topic	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE BAMBOO CAPACITY BUILDING CROP CROP PRODUCTION CROP YIELDS CROPPING CROPS CULTIVARS DEGRADED LANDS DRY SEASON EQUIPMENT EROSION EXTENSION FARMER FARMERS FOOD INSECURITY GRAIN INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE LAND DEGRADATION LANDS NGOS ORGANIC MATTER PLANTING POPULATION GROWTH PRODUCTION SYSTEMS RAINFALL RURAL POVERTY SAHEL SEED SEEDLINGS SEEDS SOIL FERTILITY SOILS SORGHUM STRIGA SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA WATER CONSERVATION WATER CONSERVATION TECHNIQUES YIELD INCREASE YIELDS
spellingShingle	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE BAMBOO CAPACITY BUILDING CROP CROP PRODUCTION CROP YIELDS CROPPING CROPS CULTIVARS DEGRADED LANDS DRY SEASON EQUIPMENT EROSION EXTENSION FARMER FARMERS FOOD INSECURITY GRAIN INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE LAND DEGRADATION LANDS NGOS ORGANIC MATTER PLANTING POPULATION GROWTH PRODUCTION SYSTEMS RAINFALL RURAL POVERTY SAHEL SEED SEEDLINGS SEEDS SOIL FERTILITY SOILS SORGHUM STRIGA SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA WATER CONSERVATION WATER CONSERVATION TECHNIQUES YIELD INCREASE YIELDS World Bank Burkina Faso : The Zaï Technique and Enhanced Agricultural Productivity
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description	More than 90 percent of the population in the Sahel lives on agriculture. The fact that crop production has not kept up with population growth during the last two decades is attributed to land degradation and productivity decline resulting in increased levels of rural poverty, food shortages and chronic food insecurity. In response, since the 1980s, Sahelian farmers have experimented with various soil and water conservation techniques to restore, maintain or improve soil fertility.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
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title	Burkina Faso : The Zaï Technique and Enhanced Agricultural Productivity
title_short	Burkina Faso : The Zaï Technique and Enhanced Agricultural Productivity
title_full	Burkina Faso : The Zaï Technique and Enhanced Agricultural Productivity
title_fullStr	Burkina Faso : The Zaï Technique and Enhanced Agricultural Productivity
title_full_unstemmed	Burkina Faso : The Zaï Technique and Enhanced Agricultural Productivity
title_sort	burkina faso : the zaï technique and enhanced agricultural productivity
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/5773507/burkina-faso-zai-technique-enhanced-agricultural-productivity http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10754
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Burkina Faso : The Zaï Technique and Enhanced Agricultural Productivity

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