scholarly journals PERCEPTIONS ET STRATEGIES PAYSANNES DE GESTION DE LA FERTILITE DES SOLS DANS LA REGION DE TILLABERY DE LOUEST DU NIGER

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 740-751
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Biga ◽  
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Moussa Mamoudou Boubacar ◽  
Abdoulaye Amadou Oumani ◽  
Mahamane Ali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Soil Fertility ◽  
Indicator Species ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Soil Color ◽  
Soil Fertility Management ◽  
Degraded Lands ◽  
Fertility Management ◽  
Restoration Techniques ◽  
Good Germination

Farms face declining soil fertility. Maintaining this fertility becomes a concern for famers who adopt several strategies to this end. Hence, it is important to know these strategies to better improve and value them. It is in this context that a study was carried out in 15 villages within three municipalities of Tillabery region in Niger. Its objective is to study farmers soil fertility management perceptions and strategies in the municipalities of Gotheye, Tagazar and Torodi. Data collection was carried out through individual surveys of 300 farm managers, with 20 per village, or 100 per municipality. The respondents are mainly illiterate (56%) with agriculture (82%) and house farming (88%) as main activities. They said the soils are poor. Their indicators are soil color (40%), good germination (24%), yield (23%), and soil poorness indicator species (13%). To overcome this, farmers use more manure which is managed sparingly. However, the fallow, neglected by the majority of farmers, lasts only 2 or 3 years. The promotion of integrated soil fertility management through ANR, the use of manures and degraded lands restoration techniques are necessary for the sustainability and improvement of production systems.

scholarly journals Ciibsaa: Maccaa Oromo Indigenous Soil Fertilizing Mechanism in East Wallagga Zone, Ethiopia

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 182
Author(s):  
Kamil Mohammed ◽  
Megersa Regassa ◽  
Waktole Hailu
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Soil Fertility ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Soil Fertility Management ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Fertility Management ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Made In

This research was conducted in three districts from East Wallaggaa Zone of Ethiopia. The purpose of the study was to explore ciibsaa Indigenous soil fertilizing mechanisms practices for fertilizing farmland and garden. The objective of this research was to explore the contributions of Oromo indigenous knowledge in soil fertility management. To achieve this goal, we employed different data collection methods. In primary data collection, both individual and group interviews were meticulously used. Key informants were selected purposively and the selected people were extensively interviewed. We made in-depth interviews with elders, farmers, community leaders and knowledgeable persons. Focus group discussions were held, observations were made and informal discussions were employed to get relevant data on this topic. The findings revealed that the Oromo people has indigenous knowledge of soil fertilizing mechanism and the ways they used to classify soil and how the land becomes fertile after ciibsaa indigenous treatment. Nowadays, this indigenous soil fertility management is declining because of various factors. Those factors are population growth, decreasing number of livestock and adaptation of chemical fertilizer.

Organic strawberry in Mediterranean greenhouse: Effect of different production systems on soil fertility and fruit quality

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 485-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Tittarelli ◽  
F.G. Ceglie ◽  
C. Ciaccia ◽  
G. Mimiola ◽  
M.L. Amodio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Fertility ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Organic Amendments ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Production Quality ◽  
Organic Production ◽  
Organic N ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Soil Fertility Management ◽  
Fertility Management

AbstractIn Europe, the lack of specific rules regulating organic vegetable production in protected conditions has led to the implementation of extremely diversified systems of production, at different level of intensification. In this study, we compared three strawberry organic production systems based on the following main criteria of soil fertility management: input substitution (SB), a simplified system of organic production that mimics conventional agricultural practices and two systems characterized by a more complex soil fertility management, based on the introduction, in the rotation of agroecological service crops (ASCs) and compost (AC), and of ASCs and cattle manure (AM). Strawberry yields, in the compared systems, were not significantly different in both years of our research, while, as a whole, the yield in 2013 (30.3 Mg ha−1) was significantly higher than in 2014 (28.9 Mg ha−1). Crop nitrogen (N) needs, during the entire cycle of production, were satisfied according to the same pattern by SB, AC and AM, while green manuring and organic amendments in AM and AC determined a higher soil organic N content, compared with SB. As far as the production quality is concerned, both AM and AC treatments yielded strawberry fruits similar to SB, but with better characteristics in terms of color and phenolic content. AM and AC did not differentiate statistically in the two year period of our research.

Soil fertility management in indigenous homegardens of Central Amazonia, Brazil

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mateus Vieira da Cunha Salim ◽  
Robert Pritchard Miller ◽  
César A. Ticona-Benavente ◽  
Johannes van Leeuwen ◽  
Sonia Sena Alfaia
Keyword(s):  
Soil Fertility ◽  
Soil Fertility Management ◽  
Fertility Management ◽  
Central Amazonia

SOIL FERTILITY MANAGEMENT BASED ON INTENSIFICATION OF BIOLOGICAL FACTORS IN THE FARMING SYSTEMS

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (90) ◽  
pp. 10-17
Author(s):  
V.N. Masalov ◽  
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N.A. Berezina ◽  
V.T. Lobkov ◽  
Yu.А. Bobkova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Fertility ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Biological Factors ◽  
Soil Fertility Management ◽  
Fertility Management
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