Burkina Faso : The Zaï Technique and Enhanced Agricultural Productivity

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collection.link.182	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/9413
collection.name.182	IK Notes
dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.date.accessioned	2012-08-13T13:02:23Z
dc.date.available	2012-08-13T13:02:23Z
dc.date.issued	2005-05
dc.date.lastModified	2021-04-23T14:02:52Z
dc.description.abstract	More than 90 percent of the population in the Sahel lives on agriculture. The fact that crop production has not kept up with population growth during the last two decades is attributed to land degradation and productivity decline resulting in increased levels of rural poverty, food shortages and chronic food insecurity. In response, since the 1980s, Sahelian farmers have experimented with various soil and water conservation techniques to restore, maintain or improve soil fertility.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/5773507/burkina-faso-zai-technique-enhanced-agricultural-productivity
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10754
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 55
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	AGRICULTURE
dc.subject	BAMBOO
dc.subject	CAPACITY BUILDING
dc.subject	CROP
dc.subject	CROP PRODUCTION
dc.subject	CROP YIELDS
dc.subject	CROPPING
dc.subject	CROPS
dc.subject	CULTIVARS
dc.subject	DEGRADED LANDS
dc.subject	DRY SEASON
dc.subject	EQUIPMENT
dc.subject	EROSION
dc.subject	EXTENSION
dc.subject	FARMER
dc.subject	FARMERS
dc.subject	FOOD INSECURITY
dc.subject	GRAIN
dc.subject	INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
dc.subject	LAND DEGRADATION
dc.subject	LANDS
dc.subject	NGOS
dc.subject	ORGANIC MATTER
dc.subject	PLANTING
dc.subject	POPULATION GROWTH
dc.subject	PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
dc.subject	RAINFALL
dc.subject	RURAL POVERTY
dc.subject	SAHEL
dc.subject	SEED
dc.subject	SEEDLINGS
dc.subject	SEEDS
dc.subject	SOIL FERTILITY
dc.subject	SOILS
dc.subject	SORGHUM
dc.subject	STRIGA
dc.subject	SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
dc.subject	WATER CONSERVATION
dc.subject	WATER CONSERVATION TECHNIQUES
dc.subject	YIELD INCREASE
dc.subject	YIELDS
dc.title	Burkina Faso : The Zaï Technique and Enhanced Agricultural Productivity	en
okr.date.disclosure	2005-05-03
okr.doctype	Publications & Research :: Brief
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/5773507/burkina-faso-zai-technique-enhanced-agricultural-productivity
okr.globalpractice	Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpractice	Agriculture
okr.globalpractice	Agriculture
okr.globalpractice	Water
okr.googlescholar.linkpresent	yes
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	000090341_20050503085513
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	5773507
okr.identifier.report	32184
okr.language.supported	en
okr.pdfurl	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2005/05/03/000090341_20050503085513/Rendered/PDF/321840iknt80.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.topic	Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems
okr.topic	Rural Development :: Sustainable Land and Crop Management
okr.topic	Crops and Crop Management Systems
okr.topic	Agriculture :: Agricultural Research
okr.topic	Water Resources :: Water Conservation
okr.unit	AFT: QK Results & Learning (AFTRL)
okr.volume	1 of 1

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