1. 20/04/2013 An important principle of conservationagriculture is that of targeted, precision applications of organic or inorganic fertilizer near crop plants, as opposed to evenly dispersing inputs over an entire field. In a row-crop setting, this can be done by banding fertilizer next to the crop plants. In...
  2. Farmers in semi-arid West Africa understand the value of water, how it limits crop production and how essential it is to survival. They must contend with unreliable rainfall, short, unpredictable rainy seasons, and increasingly frequent natural hazards. Moreover, climate change may exacerbate all...
  3. AccessAgriculture Training Video Zai (au Burkina-Faso) ou Tassa (au Niger) sont connues comme de larges et profondes fosses de plantation dans ces deux pays. Elles sont utilisées comme de micro-bassins et peuvent servir pour la réhabilitation des sols lorqu'elles sont utilisées avec la fumure....
  4. “Zai” is a term that farmers in northern Burkina Faso use to refer to small planting pits that typically measure 20-30 cm in width, are 10-20 cm deep and spaced 60-80 cm apart. In the Tahoua region of Niger, the haussa word “tassa” is used. English terms used to decribe zai pits include “planting...