Climate-smart soil water and nutrient management options in semiarid West Africa: a review of evidence and analysis of stone bunds and zaï techniques

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropicsen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationWest and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Developmenten_US
cg.contributor.affiliationRéseau des Organisations Paysannes et de Producteurs Agricoles de l'Afrique de l'Ouesten_US
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Securityen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/2048-7010-3-16en_US
cg.issn2048-7010en_US
cg.issue1en_US
cg.journalAgriculture and Food Securityen_US
cg.number16en_US
cg.subject.ccafsCLIMATE-SMART TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICESen_US
cg.subject.ccafsLOW EMISSIONS DEVELOPMENTen_US
cg.volume3en_US
dc.contributor.authorZougmoré, Robert B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorJalloh, Abdulaien_US
dc.contributor.authorTioro Aen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-16T17:00:45Zen_US
dc.date.available2015-09-16T17:00:45Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/68210en_US
dc.titleClimate-smart soil water and nutrient management options in semiarid West Africa: a review of evidence and analysis of stone bunds and zaï techniquesen_US
dcterms.abstractThere is an increasing need for West African Sahel farmers to be availed with appropriate technologies and management practices that sustainably increase productivity and resilience, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions where possible. In this paper, we analysed prevailing key water and nutrient interaction practices namely stone bund, zaï and half-moon techniques in order to explore how their outcomes could be linked to climate change adaptation and mitigation. Data were derived from previous publications but were reinterpreted in the angle of technologies’ alignment with the three pillars of climate-smart agriculture (CSA). We found that the most successful systems are those that provide water, nutrients and a supportive soil structure in a synergistic manner. Indeed, technologies such as zaï, half-moons and stone bunds, combined with an application of organic/inorganic sources of nutrients, are promising climate-smart agricultural practices that could be widely used by smallholder farmers to maintain food production and secure farmers’ livelihoods, while contributing to ecosystem services. However, accompanying incentive measures are needed to empower and capacitate rural farmers to adopt the considered techniques. These are successful examples that can form the basis for informing farmers and agricultural extensionists, as well as future agricultural development plans, policies and investments that pursue sustainable food and nutritional security in the West African Sahel.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.available2014-11-03en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationZougmoré, R., Jalloh, A. & Tioro, A. Climate-smart soil water and nutrient management options in semiarid West Africa: a review of evidence and analysis of stone bunds and zaï techniques. Agriculture & Food Security 3, 16 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1186/2048-7010-3-16en_US
dcterms.extent8 p.en_US
dcterms.issued2014-11-03en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherSpringeren_US
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen_US
dcterms.subjectagricultureen_US
dcterms.subjectfood securityen_US
dcterms.subjectclimate-smart agricultureen_US
dcterms.subjectsoil managmenten_US
dcterms.subjectwater managmenten_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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