Pathways for mediating the competing land-use claims of landowners and tenants in oil palm agroforestry systems in Benin's Adja plateau do not consider the diversity of land-management practices. Therefore, we analysed how soil properties and maize yields in those systems are affected by two contrasting categories of land-management practices and f...
Martinique, a French island and overseas department, faces many environmental challenges including a humid tropical climate prone to the development of pests, the decline of its agricultural sector and a deterioration of its environment. Despite these constraints, Martinique has to meet both national and European environmental requirements. In orde...
CONTEXT: The semi-arid zone of Burkina Faso is characterized by strong climate variability and declining soil fertility associated with low biomass production. OBJECTIVE: The main objective of this study was to identify key levers to improve biomass management in semi-arid Burkina Faso for diverse farm types. METHODS: Farm diversity was captured wi...
Soil-crop models are widely used as valuable tools to assess the combined effects of cropping practices, soil management and climate on the agro-environmental indicators. They provide a wide range of predictive information that are useful to design and evaluate innovative cropping systems. However, intercropping modeling is still under development,...
Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) are considered to be major pests of mango (Mangifera indica L.) worldwide. A new invasive fruit fly species, the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel), has been recently identified in Reunion Island. Previous reports recorded very high production losses due to B. dorsalis and suggested that it may compe...
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) plays a key role in family farming systems in Senegal. It makes an essential contribution to economic, nutritional and food security. Although it is crucial, little is known about how farmers classify the diversity of local varieties or about the social practices associated with them. The aim of this study is to character...
Sur la période 2016-2020, les agriculteurs des filières légumes-maraîchage, horticulture, arboriculture et cultures tropicales du réseau DEPHY FERME ont adopté des modèles décisionnels, des pratiques particulièrement remarquables, des trajectoires d'exploitations et ont produit des notes techniques. Cet ensemble de données dresse un panorama des pr...
Infestations by the parasitic weed genus Striga result in significant losses to cereal crop yields across sub-Saharan Africa. The problem disproportionately affects subsistence farmers who frequently lack access to novel technologies. Effective Striga management therefore requires the development of strategies utilizing existing cultural management...
Tea is one of the most important crops in Vietnam, as both an export and domestic commodity. In Vietnam, tea farming has been dominated by conventional management practices for decades. The continuity of this approach has led to a number of issues. These range from serious soil degradation, low economic efficiency, poor tea quality and environmenta...
Comprend : Autres auteurs : Delemotte-Blarel, Isabelle / Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : BnSP000
