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Can conservation agriculture improve crop water availability in an erratic tropical climate producing water stress? A simple model applied to upland rice in Madagascar

Bruelle Guillaume, Affholder François, Abrell Thomas, Ripoche Aude, Dusserre Julie, Naudin Krishna, Tittonell Pablo, Rabeharisoa R. Lilia, Scopel Eric. 2017. Can conservation agriculture improve crop water availability in an erratic tropical climate producing water stress? A simple model applied to upland rice in Madagascar. Agricultural Water Management, 192 : 281-293.

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Quartile : Q1, Sujet : AGRONOMY / Quartile : Q1, Sujet : WATER RESOURCES

Résumé : Family farms in the tropics mainly rely on rainfed agriculture. Water availability is limited to rainfall and is one of the main constraints to crop productivity. Conservation agriculture (CA) is promoted as an alternative that, among other functions, enhances water infiltration and limits evaporation from the soil thanks to a mulch of crop residues left on the soil surface. These functions are assumed to reduce the water availability constraint by limiting water stress during crop growth. But the variability of rainfall distribution combined with the wide range of agroecological conditions and the variety of crop husbandries in the tropics makes it difficult to evaluate the efficiency of mulching. The aim of this study was to capture the variability through a simple modeling approach using the crop growth model PYE-CA, which requires a limited set of parameters and a virtual experiment (VE). We applied our approach to a case study of upland rice in the Lake Alaotra region in Madagascar, where rainfall distribution is highly variable. The VE used a 17-year series of weather data with a range of soil water conditions, sowing dates, and growth and yield limitations that cover the variability of agroecological conditions and management systems in the study area. The VE revealed that variable successions of wet and dry episodes during the rainy season resulted in both water stress and an increase in deep drainage. In the majority of conditions simulated, enhancing water infiltration through CA mainly increased water loss through drainage. However, better water infiltration may also reduce the production risks involved in early sowing or crop intensification, thereby offering new opportunities to farmers. As an alternative to time consuming and labor intensive experimentation, we propose a suitable modeling approach to identify the main drivers of rainfall × crop interactions that could be extrapolated to other regions in the tropics.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : Oryza sativa, agriculture alternative, stress dû à la sécheresse, paillage, culture sous couvert végétal, résidu de récolte, rendement des cultures, système de culture, Stylosanthes guianensis, agroécologie, modèle de simulation, modélisation des cultures, facteur climatique, bilan hydrique du sol, disponibilité nutriments (sol), teneur en eau du sol, pluviométrie, relation plante eau, relation plante sol

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Madagascar

Mots-clés complémentaires : Agriculture de conservation

Mots-clés géographiques complémentaires : Lac Alaotra

Classification Agris : F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture
H50 - Troubles divers des plantes
P40 - Météorologie et climatologie
F06 - Irrigation
F01 - Culture des plantes
P33 - Chimie et physique du sol

Champ stratégique Cirad : Axe 1 (2014-2018) - Agriculture écologiquement intensive

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