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I`m looking for a rice cultivar for over-head irrigation project in West Africa
Puna Maree
punam@ctec.co.za

Improved and sustainable nutrient management of irrigated rice-based cropping systems in West Africa

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Coordinating organisation: The Africa Rice Center
Description: Major Research Domain:
Nutrient management, sustainable cropping systems, rice production

Goal:
Contribution to a sustainable increase of productivity and profitability of irrigated rice-based cropping systems in West Africa through improved nutrient management tailored to local biophysical and socioeconomic settings

Outputs:
- To assess agronomic and socioeconomic contributors to yield loss at key irrigation schemes in West Africa (key sites)
- To assess the degree of soil fertility mining at the key sites
Budget (in &euro): 276836
Start: 1998-02-01
End: 2001-02-28
Categories
ARD-theme: plant production
cropping/cultivation systems
intensive cropping
extensive cropping
irrigation
Target country: Burkina Faso
Cote d'Ivoire
Mali
Senegal
Activity: research
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Donor organisations: 1
Programmes funding: 1


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