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Soil water balance in the Sudano-Sahelian zone: need, relevance and objectives of the workshop

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Title Soil water balance in the Sudano-Sahelian zone: need, relevance and objectives of the workshop
 
Creator Sivakumar, M V K
Wallace, J S
 
Subject Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description The Sudano-Sahelian zoneextending over several
countries in West Africa has an average growing season length
varying hom 60 to 150 days Efficient use of the limited
rainfall in this region is crucial as future increases in crop
production will have to come primarily from increased yields per
unit area of land. A complete understanding of the physical and
hydraulic properties of the soils and of the different processes of
soil water movement including infiltration, redistribution.
drainage, evaporation and water uptake by plants is essential in
the design of appropriate management practices for increasing
water u x efficiency. The need and relevance of smdies on these
aspects is discus~ed. The objectives and the format for the
technical xssions of the workshop are also presented. Finally.
the planning meeting at the end of the workshop is discussed
wlth respect to the sharing of knowledge and experience of
different disciplines and the training needs for future applications
of soil watcr balam research in the Sudano-Sahelian zone.
 
Date 1991
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/4635/1/CP_610.pdf
Sivakumar, M V K and Wallace, J S (1991) Soil water balance in the Sudano-Sahelian zone: need, relevance and objectives of the workshop. In: Priceedings of teh Niamey Workshop, February 1991, Niamey (Niger).