Essays about: "Vittelaria paradoxa"

Found 2 essays containing the words Vittelaria paradoxa.

  1. 1. Effects of trees and termite nests in agroforestry parklands on preferential water flows : image analysis of soil profiles after rain simulations and dye experiments

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Addisu Almaw Semeneh; [2012]
    Keywords : Preferential water flow; macro pores; infiltration capacity; termites; Vittelaria paradoxa; tropics; Burkina Faso; brilliant blue tracer;

    Abstract : Water scarcity is a critical problem in semi-arid tropics of Burkina Faso. Agroforestry parklands, a land use where scattered trees are maintained with annual crops, is commonly practiced by farmers in which termite nests are integral components of the system. READ MORE

  3. 2. Leaf area index in Vittelaria Paradoxa parklands in Burkina Faso estimated by light interception and leaf sampling

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Elsa Bengtsson; [2012]
    Keywords : agroforestry; LAI; LAI-2000 canopy analyzer; kalibrering; calibration;

    Abstract : Burkina Faso as well as most sub-Saharan African countries struggle with providing food for a fast growing population. The dominating farming system is agroforestry parklands. Agroforestry parklands can broadly be defined as areas where scattered trees occur on farmlands as a result of selective clearing. READ MORE