The role of termites and mulch in the rehabilitation of crusted Sahelian soils
During recent decades Sahelian soils have gone through various forms of degradation, the most dramatic being the extension of bare and crusted soils. Mulch, when placed on a crusted and bare soil, triggers termite activity within a few months. Termite activity enhances decomposition of the mulch and hence nutrient release in the soil. The change of soil characteristics due to termite activity was enough to create conditions necessary for natural vegetation development and crop production on previously degraded bare soils in the Sudano-Sahelian zone of northern Burkina Faso. This Tropical Resource Management Paper (16) documents through its eight chapters the cause and effects of these processes. The role of termites and mulch in the rehabilitation of crusted Sahelian soils by Abdoulaye Mando 101 pp ISSN 0926 9495 Wageningen Agricultural University PO Box 37, 6700 AA Wageningen, THE NETHERLANDS
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| Language: | English |
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
1997
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/48839 |
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