Can woody plants management provide soil amendments to enhance agroecosystem productivity and resilience in West Africa? [P66]

Felix Georges, Hien Edmond, Lahmar Rabah, Douzet Jean-Marie, Founoune Mboup Hassna, Ndour Y.B., Niang Dial, Séguis Lus, Gautier Denis, Zongo Edmond, Manlay Raphaël, Barthès Bernard, Clermont-Dauphin Cathy, Masse Dominique, Belem Mahamadou, Groot Jeroen C.J., Scholberg Johannes M.S., Tittonell Pablo, Cournac Laurent. 2015. Can woody plants management provide soil amendments to enhance agroecosystem productivity and resilience in West Africa? [P66]. In : Building tomorrow’s research agenda and bridging the science-policy gap. Montpellier : CIRAD, Résumé, 158. Climate-Smart Agriculture 2015 : Global Science Conference. 3, Montpellier, France, 16 Mars 2015/18 Mars 2015.

Url - jeu de données - Dataverse Cirad : https://doi.org/10.18167/DVN1/MB93LU

Résumé : Soil degradation and fertility loss pose severe threats to the livelihood of farmers in sub-Saharan regions. Due to the need for land, continuous cultivation with staple food has gradually replaced previous shifting cultivation systems, so that fallow periods have considerably reduced and no longer fulfill their soil regeneration role. Here we explore the use and management of native woody resources for providing an in situ renewable organic amendment as a basis for increasing soil carbon and biological status, thus sustaining fertility, enhancing water capture and utilization and therefore buffering climatic stress. In areas such as the central plateau in Burkina Faso, slash- and drought-tolerant shrub species are commonly present in farmers' fields. Cut branches from these shrubs are sometimes placed on degraded soils as part of traditional soil restoration practices. Moreover, shrubs tend to intercept sediments and leaves and promote biological activity whereby they may form fertility islands of increased crop yield. We will review available data on traditional practices and current co-innovation efforts and outline first results from an EU-supported project we have initiated in Burkina Faso and Senegal (ERA ARD WASSA). This project is investigating if a sustainable use of native woody resources could be made, in combination with other organic sources such as crop residues or manure, to amend soils and help preserving fertility at the whole field scale. Through experimental plot trials and farmers' fields surveys, we are evaluating how woody residues use and management practices may impact agronomic performance and soil biological processes. Crop response to use of ligneous material will be linked with the availability and distribution of woody resource in the landscape, and the ways it could be eventually increased and sustainably managed. The socio-economic implications of implementing such practices are also considered. (Texte intégral)

Classification Agris : F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture
K01 - Foresterie - Considérations générales
P35 - Fertilité du sol
P36 - Érosion, conservation et récupération des sols

Auteurs et affiliations

• Felix Georges, Wageningen University (NLD)
• Hien Edmond, Université de Ouagadougou (BFA)
• Lahmar Rabah, CIRAD-PERSYST-UPR AIDA (TUN) ORCID: 0000-0002-7242-8423
• Douzet Jean-Marie, CIRAD-PERSYST-UPR AIDA (BFA) ORCID: 0000-0002-8401-6012
• Founoune Mboup Hassna, Université de Ouagadougou (BFA)
• Ndour Y.B., ISRA (SEN)
• Niang Dial, 2IE (BFA)
• Séguis Lus, IRD (FRA)
• Gautier Denis, CIRAD-ES-UPR BSef (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0001-7648-1881
• Zongo Edmond, Association Eben Ezer (BFA)
• Manlay Raphaël, IRD (FRA)
• Barthès Bernard, IRD (FRA)
• Clermont-Dauphin Cathy, IRD (FRA)
• Masse Dominique, IRD (BFA)
• Belem Mahamadou, AGRHYMET (NER)
• Groot Jeroen C.J., Wageningen University and Research Centre (NLD)
• Scholberg Johannes M.S., Wageningen University (NLD)
• Tittonell Pablo, CIRAD-PERSYST-UPR AIDA (NLD)
• Cournac Laurent, IRD (FRA)

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