Impact of tillage and fertility management on Lixisol hydraulic characteristics – IJAAR

Idriss Serme, Korodjouma Ouattara, Vincent Logah, Jean Baptisse Taonda, Charles Quansah, Badiori Ouattara, C. Robert Abaidoo

Institut de L’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA), Burkina Faso

Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana

Key words: Hydraulic conductivity, Infiltration, Sorptivity, Tillage options.

Abstract

Water and soil fertility are the most limiting factors to crop production in semi-arid zones. In Burkina Faso soil and water conservation techniques were developed and promoted in the Saharan zone where the annual rainfall is less than 600 mm. This study was conducted in Continue reading Impact of tillage and fertility management on Lixisol hydraulic characteristics – IJAAR