<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Soil Erosion Control and Moisture Conservation Using Contour Ridge Tillage in Bougouni and Koutiala, Southern Mali"^^ . "Soil erosion is among the critical environmental constraint for crop production\r\nin southern Mali. Contour ridge tillage (CRT), a water conservation\r\ntechnique had been locally applied since 1990. The objective of this study was\r\nto determine the effects of CRT compared with farmer conventional agriculture\r\npractice (NoCRT) on runoff, soil loss, nutrient loss, moisture conservation\r\nand cereals yields under rainfed conditions in two Southern Mali sites, in\r\n2016 and 2017 in farmer fields. Measurements were performed on erosion\r\nplots composed of CRT and NoCRT plots from which water samples were\r\ncollected to determine sedimentation levels, concentration and nutrients\r\nlosses using pairwise comparison. Average runoff coefficient in NoCRT plots\r\nwas 35.62% compared to 19.25% for the CRT plots explaining a runoff reduction\r\nof 46%. Mean soil losses of 12,095 t·ha−1 and 4970 t·ha−1 were respectively\r\nmeasured in NoCRT and CRT plots. Losses in calcium, magnesium and potassium\r\nnutrients in the NoCRT plots were 80%, 66%, 75% higher compared\r\nto CRT ones, respectively. Sorghum grain yield was at least two folds higher\r\nin CRT plots compared to the NoCRT plots. Maize average grain yield was\r\n87% higher in CRT plots than in the NoCRT. For sustained soil productivity,\r\nCRT is advocated as a better soil and water management technique than the\r\nNoCRT one."^^ . "2019-10" . . . "10" . "10" . . "Scientific Research Publishing"^^ . . . "Journal of Environmental Protection (TSI)"^^ . . . "21522197" . . . . . . . . . . "Z B"^^ . "Birhanu"^^ . "Z B Birhanu"^^ . . "Kalifa"^^ . "Traore"^^ . "Kalifa Traore"^^ . . . . . . "Soil Erosion Control and Moisture Conservation Using Contour Ridge Tillage in Bougouni and Koutiala, Southern Mali (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Published Article JEP_2019101814392307.pdf"^^ . . . "Soil Erosion Control and Moisture Conservation Using Contour Ridge Tillage in Bougouni and Koutiala, Southern Mali (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #11381 \n\nSoil Erosion Control and Moisture Conservation Using Contour Ridge Tillage in Bougouni and Koutiala, Southern Mali\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Soil"@en . . . "Water Harvesting"@en . . . "Water Conservation"@en . .