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Development of vegetable cropping systems in the Niayes zone of Senegal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1997

H. De Bon ,
F. Faye  and
J. Pages
H. De Bon
Affiliation:
CIRAD-FLHOR, BP 5035, 34032 Montpellier Cedex, France
F. Faye
Affiliation:
USAID/Dakar, BP 49, Dakar, Senegal
J. Pages
Affiliation:
ISRA/Station de Saint-Louis, BP 210, Saint-Louis, Senegal
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Abstract

The importance of vegetable crops has been increasing in West Africa for the past forty years. This paper describes the evolution of intensive mixed vegetable production in the Niayes area near Dakar between 1970 and 1990. The importance of cultivation in low-lying areas with very few inputs have decreased but irrigated cropping systems have become more important due to the better adaptation of vegetative material, application of more fertilizers and better control of pests and diseases. This intensification appears to be irreversible, in spite of the negative effects of the more intensive use of land.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 33 , Issue 01 , January 1997 , pp. 83 - 90
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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