Regenerative agriculture in Senegal
Similar to other countries in the Sahel region, Senegal’s indigenous food production is hampered by lack of moisture and sandy soils low in organic matter. Soil erosion and degradation threaten large areas of farm land. In central Senegal’s groundnut basin, the low-lying area between the Ferlo and Gambia rivers, the soil’s capacity to retain nutrients and moisture has been severely reduced after years of inappropriate agricultural practices, including tillage techniques, monocropping, and chemical input misuse. The few soil nutrients that do exist are often not available to plants due to high soil acidity or diverted by competing weeds. As a result, farm productivity has been steadily declining over much of the region.
Editor: Oakland Institute and the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA
Autor: Oakland Institute and the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA
Organización: The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa
Año: 2010
País(es): Senegal
Cobertura geográfica: África
Tipo: Estudio de caso
Texto completo disponible en: https://afsafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/regenerative_agriculture_senegal.pdf
Idioma utilizado para los contenidos: English