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SLP-CR management Regional Report in WA

SLP-CR management Regional Report in WA. West Africa SLP team SLP meeting, Addis October 2-4, 2012. Outline. Background Research sites Surveys/Activities Results Reporting. Background.

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SLP-CR management Regional Report in WA

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  1. SLP-CR management Regional Report in WA West Africa SLP team SLP meeting, Addis October 2-4, 2012

  2. Outline • Background • Research sites • Surveys/Activities • Results • Reporting

  3. Background • Main cropping systems include cereal-legume intercropping and also sole cropping of legumes increasingly. • Millet/sorghum-cowpea in Sahel • Sorghum/maize – cowpea/groundnut in Sudan Savanna • Maize – groundnuts in Guinea Savanna • Savannas are crop-livestock systems - The relative importance of crops increases as one moves from north (Sahel) to south (Guinea Savannas)

  4. Description of sites

  5. WA sites • Fakara – Western Niger • 8 villages • Koure and Diantiandou • Goulbi – Eastern Niger • Madarounfa and Guidan Roumdji • 8 villages • Kano area – Northern Nigeria • Wudil and Garko • 8 villages

  6. Recent trends • Breakdown of soil fertility maintenance system • Increase droughts lead to reduction in total • biomass production • Crop residues main source of feed during the dry • season • Development of important markets for legume • residues

  7. Surveys/Activities Conducted • Diagnostic phase • Villages surveys • Village Census • Household surveys • Solution Phase • Village workshops – 3 village per site • Regional workshop in each site

  8. Uses of residues per crop(% of production)

  9. Fakara Kano

  10. Kano Increase use of CR as feed: cereal 78% farmers legume 83% farmers

  11. Crop Use, Fakara

  12. Crop residue use, Fakara

  13. Technology Use 16% farmers 22% farmers

  14. Fertilizer use Fakara

  15. Fakara 43% farmers 4% farmers 4% farmers 82% farmers 59% farmers Kano

  16. Kano

  17. Limitation to crop production, Fakara

  18. Limitation to livestock production, Fakara

  19. Kano

  20. Income sources,Fakara

  21. Future Options,Fakara

  22. Property rights of CR not enforced after harvest Farmers have limited time when right are protected Lead to removal of all residues from field Several uses including (feed, energy, construction and mulching) After livestock feed on the softer parts cereal residue are returned often to the fields in form of manure CR Management in the region

  23. Reporting • Phase 1 • Report completed • Phase 2 • Maradi report drafted • Kano report drafted • Fakara not yet

  24. Thank you

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