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The onset of the rainy season and farmers’ sowing strategy for pearl millet cultivation in Southwest Niger

2011

A multi-year (2004-2009) field survey of on-farm sowing practices in 10 villages located in south-west Niger close to Niamey, is analysed to investigate the relationships (i) between rainfall and the sowing date of pearl millet and the risk of sowing failure, (ii) between sowing and meteorological/agro-climatic onset dates, (iii) between sowing/onset dates, and simulated and observed yield/biomass at the end of the season. Even if some villages sow without any synchronous or anterior rainfall, most parcels (73% out of the 1551 available cases) are sown during and just after a 2-day wet spell receiving at least 10 mm. In fact, there is a strong correlation (r = 0.82-0.95 depending on onset d…

Atmospheric Science010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesFacteur climatique01 natural sciencesF01 - Culture des plantesYield (wine)Farmers' strategiesNigerPennisetum glaucumdate de semis2. Zero hunger[SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environmentGlobal and Planetary ChangeBiomass (ecology)MilAgroforestryForestry04 agricultural and veterinary sciencesPearl Millet[ SDE.MCG ] Environmental Sciences/Global ChangesRendement des cultureshttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_13199[SDU.STU.CL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Climatology[ SDU.STU.CL ] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/ClimatologySowing dateWet seasonP40 - Météorologie et climatologiehttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_29554[SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global ChangesBiometeorologySemisBiologyOnset of the rainy seasonPearl milletCrophttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_10176http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6437Onset dateGrain yield0105 earth and related environmental scienceshttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5181SowingTropics15. Life on landAgronomy13. Climate action040103 agronomy & agriculture0401 agriculture forestry and fisherieshttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_16208Agronomy and Crop SciencePluviomètre
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