Simulating the evolution of soil solutions in irrigated rice soils in the Sahel

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationResearch Institute for Development, Franceen
cg.contributor.affiliationAfrica Rice Centeren
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationCentre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique Pour le Développementen
cg.coverage.countrySenegal
cg.coverage.countryNiger
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2SN
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NE
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.12.024en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0016-7061en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalGeodermaen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.iitaSOIL INFORMATIONen
cg.subject.iitaSOIL HEALTHen
cg.subject.iitaCROP SYSTEMSen
cg.subject.iitaSOIL SURVEYS AND MAPPINGen
cg.subject.iitaCAPACITY DEVELOPMENTen
cg.volume150en
dc.contributor.authorHammecker, C.en
dc.contributor.authorAsten, Piet J.A. vanen
dc.contributor.authorMarlet, S.en
dc.contributor.authorMaeght, J.L.en
dc.contributor.authorPoss, R.en
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-15T10:50:46Zen
dc.date.available2018-01-15T10:50:46Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/90185
dc.titleSimulating the evolution of soil solutions in irrigated rice soils in the Sahelen
dcterms.abstractIn Sahelian countries, agriculture often relies on irrigation especially for rice cropping which has been introduced these last decades. As most of the water resources used for irrigation (mainly rivers and lakes) have an alkaline composition, rice cropping is often held as responsible for soil alkalinization. In order to evaluate the probability for this process to occur, we studied 3 different sites in West Africa where numerical simulation of the geochemical interactions between soil, irrigation water and groundwater were performed with PHREEQC. It was possible to simulate the evaporation of the ponding water, the mixing between groundwater and irrigation water, the lateral drainage (flushing) and the leaching, and finally the management of the crop residues. By performing prospective simulations over 60 cropping cycles it has been shown that soil alkalinization and sodication are not inevitable in these areas especially if the cropping is properly managed. Moreover, when straw is removed and the plot flushed before the new cropping season, alkaline soils can even be improved with rice cropping.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHammecker, C., van Asten, P., Marlet, S., Maeght, J.L. & Poss, R. (2009). Simulating the evolution of soil solutions in irrigated rice soils in the Sahel. Geoderma, 150(1), 129-140.en
dcterms.extent129-140en
dcterms.issued2009-04
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.subjectalkalinizationen
dcterms.subjectsodicationen
dcterms.subjectplant uptakeen
dcterms.subjectwater managementen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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