Use and management of biodiversity by smallholder farmers in semi-arid West Africa

Strategies that strengthen and use biodiversity are crucial for sustained food production and livelihoods in semiarid West Africa. The objective of this paper was to examine the role of biodiversity in sustaining diverse forms of multifunctional farming practices while at the same time providing eco...

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Main Authors: Félix, Georges F., Diedhiou, Ibrahima, Le Garff, Marie, Timmermann, Cristian, Clermont-Dauphin, Cathy, Cournac, Laurent, Groot, Jeroen C.J., Tittonell, Pablo Adrian
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/3423
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211912418300130
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2018.08.005
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author Félix, Georges F.
Diedhiou, Ibrahima
Le Garff, Marie
Timmermann, Cristian
Clermont-Dauphin, Cathy
Cournac, Laurent
Groot, Jeroen C.J.
Tittonell, Pablo Adrian
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Cournac, Laurent
Diedhiou, Ibrahima
Félix, Georges F.
Groot, Jeroen C.J.
Le Garff, Marie
Timmermann, Cristian
Tittonell, Pablo Adrian
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Diedhiou, Ibrahima
Le Garff, Marie
Timmermann, Cristian
Clermont-Dauphin, Cathy
Cournac, Laurent
Groot, Jeroen C.J.
Tittonell, Pablo Adrian
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description Strategies that strengthen and use biodiversity are crucial for sustained food production and livelihoods in semiarid West Africa. The objective of this paper was to examine the role of biodiversity in sustaining diverse forms of multifunctional farming practices while at the same time providing ecological services to subsistence-oriented farming families in the region of study through mechanisms as (a) crop species diversification, (b) management of spatial heterogeneity, and (c) diversification of nutrition-sensitive landscapes. Our analysis shows that crop associations between cereals and legumes or between perennials and annuals, have overall positive effects on soil characteristics and often improve crop yields. Soil heterogeneity is produced by woody perennials and termites. Local management provides opportunities to collect a diversity of nutrition-rich species year-round and sustain household nutrition.
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spelling INTA34232020-02-12T14:31:58Z Use and management of biodiversity by smallholder farmers in semi-arid West Africa Félix, Georges F. Diedhiou, Ibrahima Le Garff, Marie Timmermann, Cristian Clermont-Dauphin, Cathy Cournac, Laurent Groot, Jeroen C.J. Tittonell, Pablo Adrian Biodiversidad Biodiversity Semiarid Zones Small Scale Farming Agroforestry Intercropping Zona Semiárida Pequeñas Explotaciones Agroforesteria Cultivo Intercalado Isoptera Ecological Engineering Strategies that strengthen and use biodiversity are crucial for sustained food production and livelihoods in semiarid West Africa. The objective of this paper was to examine the role of biodiversity in sustaining diverse forms of multifunctional farming practices while at the same time providing ecological services to subsistence-oriented farming families in the region of study through mechanisms as (a) crop species diversification, (b) management of spatial heterogeneity, and (c) diversification of nutrition-sensitive landscapes. Our analysis shows that crop associations between cereals and legumes or between perennials and annuals, have overall positive effects on soil characteristics and often improve crop yields. Soil heterogeneity is produced by woody perennials and termites. Local management provides opportunities to collect a diversity of nutrition-rich species year-round and sustain household nutrition. Fil: Félix, Georges F. Wageningen University. Farming Systems Ecology; Holanda Fil: Diedhiou, Ibrahima. University of Thiès. ENSA; Senegal Fil: Le Garff, Marie. Wageningen University. Farming Systems Ecology; Holanda Fil: Timmermmann, Cristian. Universidad de Chile. Instituto de Estudios Internacionales; Chile Fil: Clermont-Dauphin, Cathy. Institute of Research for Development. Functional Ecology and Biochemistry of Soils and Agroecosystems; Francia Fil: Cournac, Laurent. Institute of Research for Development. Functional Ecology and Biochemistry of Soils and Agroecosystems; Francia Fil: Groot, Jeroen C.J. Wageningen University. Farming Systems Ecology; Holanda Fil: Tittonell, Pablo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche; Argentina 2018-09-20T13:42:45Z 2018-09-20T13:42:45Z 2018-09 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/3423 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211912418300130 2211-9124 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2018.08.005 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Elsevier Global food security 18 : 76-85. (2018)
spellingShingle Biodiversidad
Biodiversity
Semiarid Zones
Small Scale Farming
Agroforestry
Intercropping
Zona Semiárida
Pequeñas Explotaciones
Agroforesteria
Cultivo Intercalado
Isoptera
Ecological Engineering
Félix, Georges F.
Diedhiou, Ibrahima
Le Garff, Marie
Timmermann, Cristian
Clermont-Dauphin, Cathy
Cournac, Laurent
Groot, Jeroen C.J.
Tittonell, Pablo Adrian
Use and management of biodiversity by smallholder farmers in semi-arid West Africa
title Use and management of biodiversity by smallholder farmers in semi-arid West Africa
title_full Use and management of biodiversity by smallholder farmers in semi-arid West Africa
title_fullStr Use and management of biodiversity by smallholder farmers in semi-arid West Africa
title_full_unstemmed Use and management of biodiversity by smallholder farmers in semi-arid West Africa
title_short Use and management of biodiversity by smallholder farmers in semi-arid West Africa
title_sort use and management of biodiversity by smallholder farmers in semi arid west africa
topic Biodiversidad
Biodiversity
Semiarid Zones
Small Scale Farming
Agroforestry
Intercropping
Zona Semiárida
Pequeñas Explotaciones
Agroforesteria
Cultivo Intercalado
Isoptera
Ecological Engineering
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/3423
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211912418300130
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2018.08.005
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