Moisture availability and agricultural potentialities of Mali and Niger

Moisture availability and agricultural potentialities of Mali and Niger

One of the greatest factors limiting agricultural development in arid and semi-arid regions of Africa is lack of moisture. A country with adequate moisture has a great potential for agricultural development. It is againts this background that this paper focuses on the application of Hargreaves month...

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Main Author: E. Ofori- Serpong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Gadjah Mada 2013-07-01
Series:Indonesian Journal of Geography
Online Access:https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/ijg/article/view/2192
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spelling doaj-fcaed6b70c754d10afbdb1a8b17d19982020-11-25T02:20:16ZengUniversitas Gadjah MadaIndonesian Journal of Geography0024-95212354-91142013-07-01206010.22146/indo.j.geog,21922007Moisture availability and agricultural potentialities of Mali and NigerE. Ofori- SerpongOne of the greatest factors limiting agricultural development in arid and semi-arid regions of Africa is lack of moisture. A country with adequate moisture has a great potential for agricultural development. It is againts this background that this paper focuses on the application of Hargreaves monthly moisture availability index classification to Mali and Niger in West Africa. The two countries are classified into moisture regions on the basis of the index and their relative agricultural potentials are assessed.https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/ijg/article/view/2192
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author E. Ofori- Serpong
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Moisture availability and agricultural potentialities of Mali and Niger
Indonesian Journal of Geography
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title Moisture availability and agricultural potentialities of Mali and Niger
title_short Moisture availability and agricultural potentialities of Mali and Niger
title_full Moisture availability and agricultural potentialities of Mali and Niger
title_fullStr Moisture availability and agricultural potentialities of Mali and Niger
title_full_unstemmed Moisture availability and agricultural potentialities of Mali and Niger
title_sort moisture availability and agricultural potentialities of mali and niger
publisher Universitas Gadjah Mada
series Indonesian Journal of Geography
issn 0024-9521
2354-9114
publishDate 2013-07-01
description One of the greatest factors limiting agricultural development in arid and semi-arid regions of Africa is lack of moisture. A country with adequate moisture has a great potential for agricultural development. It is againts this background that this paper focuses on the application of Hargreaves monthly moisture availability index classification to Mali and Niger in West Africa. The two countries are classified into moisture regions on the basis of the index and their relative agricultural potentials are assessed.
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