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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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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spelling | doaj.art-fcaed6b70c754d10afbdb1a8b17d19982022-12-22T00:19:07ZengUniversitas 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 |
spellingShingle | E. Ofori- Serpong Moisture availability and agricultural potentialities of Mali and Niger Indonesian Journal of Geography |
title | 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_short | Moisture availability and agricultural potentialities of Mali and Niger |
title_sort | moisture availability and agricultural potentialities of mali and niger |
url | https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/ijg/article/view/2192 |
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