Fatondji, D and Ajeigbe, H A and Ibrahim, A (2024) Modern Crop Management Practices for Pearl Millet Cultivation in Semi-Arid Africa. In: Pearl Millet in the 21st Century. Springer, Singapore, pp. 445-477. ISBN 978-981-99-5889-4
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Pearl millet is the most important cereal crop in the semi-arid and arid regions of West Africa, supplying a large proportion of the dietary energy for the human population, nutritious fodder for livestock, and stalk for cooking fuel. This review focuses on modern agronomic practices for increasing millet productivity in semi-arid Africa. We showed that potential opportunities exist to improve millet productivity and nutritional quality while reducing adverse climate effects on millet production in the semi-arid areas of Africa. Millet-legume intercropping, agroforestry, crop rotation systems, fertilizer micro-dosing, and water harvesting techniques, along with improved millet varieties with resilience to various adverse climate change effects, have been identified as key interventions usually promoted for enhancing pearl millet productivity in semi-arid Africa. The benefits and their associated limitations have been discussed, and potential options for improvement have been suggested for sustainable pearl millet productivity intensification in the semi-arid area of Africa.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Divisions: | Research Program : West & Central Africa |
| CRP: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Pearl millet, Hybrid breeding, Food security, Nutritional security, Climate resilience |
| Subjects: | Mandate crops > Millets > Pearl Millet Others > Climate Resilient Technologies Others > Food and Nutrition Others > Food Security |
| Depositing User: | Mr Nagaraju T |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Aug 2025 03:57 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Aug 2025 03:57 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/13299 |
| Acknowledgement: | UNSPECIFIED |
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