Millet in Mali

In semi-arid regions of Mali millet is intercropped with cowpea on 60% of cultivated plots, but production of millet, the nation's major food crop, has been in decline. Loss of fallow periods, declining soil fertility and an increasingly drier...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: News Item
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1988
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/44978
Description
Summary:In semi-arid regions of Mali millet is intercropped with cowpea on 60% of cultivated plots, but production of millet, the nation's major food crop, has been in decline. Loss of fallow periods, declining soil fertility and an increasingly drier...