Two long-term experiments (11 years) showed the intriguing ability ofG. senegalensis and P. reticulatum(optimized at ~1000 to 1500 shrubs ha-1 with residue returnedto soil) to dramatically increase yields of groundnut and millet, with or without fertilizer additions and maintain yields in drought...
29/1/2019 Más de 4 millones de personas en las zonas sahelianas del África Occidental enfrentan dificultades tras períodos de sequía y el aumento del precio de los alimentos. En junio, la FAO envió casi US$10 millones en ayuda para los productores azotados por la sequía en la región, los cuales dependen de...
‘Bio-irrigation’ - How it works The shrubs have deep tap roots that suck up water from the wet deep sub-soil and deposit this small amount of water in the dry upper soil layers at night when photosynthesis stops. Surrounding crops take advantage of some of this water that is drawn up. This is...