eprintid: 6811
rev_number: 10
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type: article
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contact_email: Library-ICRISAT@CGIAR.ORG
creators_name: Sangaré, M
creators_name: Fernandez-Rivera, S
creators_name: Hiernaux, P
creators_name: Bationo, A
creators_name: Pandey, V
icrisatcreators_name: Bationo, A
affiliation: ILRI(Niamey)
affiliation: ICRISAT(Niamey)
country: Niger
country: Belgium
title: Influence of dry season supplementation for cattle on soil fertility and millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.) yield in a mixed crop/livestock production system of the Sahel
ispublished: pub
subjects: S1.5
full_text_status: restricted
keywords: Cattle supplementation, Corralling, Crop livestock Systems, Millet, Mulching, Soil fertility
abstract: An experiment was conducted in 1996 and 1997 in semi-arid Niger, to determine the influence of supplementation (no supplement, supplemented with millet bran + simple superphosphate + blood meal) of cattle and mulching (0 or 3 t ha−1 of Aristida sieberiana straw) on soil fertility and millet yield. Manure was applied through corralling at a rate of 3 t faecal dry matter (FDM) ha−1 alone or associated to mulching. The residual effects of the treatments were measured on a second millet crop in 1997. Compared to control, the association of mulching and corralling of supplemented as well as non supplemented cattle increased soil pH (KCl) (P < 0.01), Bray1-P (P < 0.05) and NH4-N (P < 0.05); grain by 136% (P < 0.01) stover yeild by moer than 150% (P < 0.05); and N and P uptake (P < 0.01) during the two cropping seasons. The association of mulching and corralling increased soil NH4-N (P < 0.01) and soil pH (P < 0.01), compared to the sole corralling. The improvement of soil chemical properties resulted in grain yield increases of 54% (P < 0.01) and stover increases of 42% (P < 0.01). The effect of mulching and corralling association on grain and stover yeilds was higher when cattle were supplemented (67 and 50%) than when they were not supplemented (30 and 26%). The effects of the supplementation on grain and stover yields, and N and P uptake by millet, were restricted, when animals were corralled on bare soil (no mulching). The residual effects of supplementation were minimal
date: 2002
date_type: published
publication: Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems
volume: 62
number: 3
publisher: Springer Netherlands
pagerange: 209-217
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1573-0867
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1021237626450
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related_url_type: pub
citation:   Sangaré, M and Fernandez-Rivera, S and Hiernaux, P and Bationo, A and Pandey, V  (2002) Influence of dry season supplementation for cattle on soil fertility and millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.) yield in a mixed crop/livestock production system of the Sahel.  Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 62 (3).  pp. 209-217.  ISSN 1573-0867     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/6811/1/NutrientCyclingAgroecosystems_62_3_209-217_2002.pdf