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Management methods of agroforestry parks and local perception of their ecosystem services in the Sudano-Sahelian zone of Burkina Faso

Sehoubo, Yawo Joseph; Meda, Manbessoa; Cicek, Harun; Hien, Mipro and Yelemou, Barthelemy (2023) Management methods of agroforestry parks and local perception of their ecosystem services in the Sudano-Sahelian zone of Burkina Faso. Journal of Applied Biosciences, 185, pp. 19442-19460.

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Objectives: Agroforestry parks, which are characteristic of agrarian systems in Burkina Faso, are currently experiencing degradation, affecting the social life of rural populations. For the sustainability of production, a better understanding and analysis of the management of these parks and their provided services is necessary.
Methodology and Results: Parks management methods in the Saria and Yilou zones, agroforestry species and their ecosystem services were identified through a semi-structured interviews and direct observations among 152 farmers. Assisted natural regeneration (96% and 97%), organic fertilisation (93% and 96%) at Yilou and Saria respectively, pruning (84%) at Saria and mulching (94%), livestock parking (91%), planting (87%), zaï (100%) and ridging (98%) at Yilou are the main management methods of the parks. Woody plants are mainly kept in the parks because of their ability to maintain soil fertility (100%) and to provide food (100% and 98%) and medicinal products (96% and 95%) at Saria and Yilou respectively.
Conclusions and application of findings: These results indicate that agroforestry parks are real areas for soil rehabilitation and the supply of wood and non-wood forest products. It is therefore necessary to focus on good management techniques such as planting, protection of regeneration, use of organic fertiliser and animal parking for the restoration and maintenance of agroforestry parks ecosystem services.


EPrint Type:Journal paper
Keywords:Assisted natural regeneration, farmlands management, conservation of woody plants, soil rehabilitation, West Africa, Abacus, FiBL10140, SustainSahel
Agrovoc keywords:
Language
Value
URI
English
West Africa
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8355
English
farmland
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2808
English
soil rehabilitation -> land rehabilitation
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33534
English
agroforestry
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_207
Subjects: Soil > Soil quality
Crop husbandry
"Organics" in general > Countries and regions > Africa
Research affiliation: Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > International > Regions > Africa
Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Crops > Anbautechnik
Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > International > Agroforestry Systems
DOI:10.35759/JABs.185.7
Related Links:https://www.fibl.org/en/themes/projectdatabase/projectitem/project/1850, https://www.sustainsahel.net/
Deposited By: Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau, FiBL
ID Code:52798
Deposited On:12 Mar 2024 08:49
Last Modified:12 Mar 2024 08:49
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted

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