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Attempted cultivation of Jatropha curcas L. in the lower Senegal river valley: story of a failure
Terren, Marieke; Saverys; Jacquet de Haveskercke, Paul et al.
2012In Tropicultura, 30 (4), p. 204-208
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Keywords :
Jatropha curcas; Pilot plantation; Lower Senegal River valley; Senegal
Abstract :
[en] With the objective of determining whether it would be possible to sustainably produce Jatropha curcas L. seeds on the marginal land situated close to the Senegal River, a 6-hectare pilot plantation was cultivated under drip irrigation between September 2007-November 2011, close to the village of Bokhol (Lat. 16°31’N, Long. 15°23’W). A series of tests were conducted on this plot, in order to identify the best cultivation methods for the area (date, density and method of planting, appropriate type of pruning, fertilisers to be applied, irrigation method, etc.). The average yields obtained at this site, after four years of cultivation (less than 500 kg.ha-1 of dry seed), using the best known production techniques, are significantly lower than anticipated, compared to the available figures for the irrigated cultivation of Jatropha in other parts of the world. The main causes of this failure are the plant’s limited useful vegetation period of six months per year, instead of twelve, and the scale of attacks by a soilborne vascular disease, which destroyed over 60% of the plantation within four years.
Disciplines :
Agriculture & agronomy
Author, co-author :
Terren, Marieke ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Doct. sc. agro. & ingé. biol.
Saverys
Jacquet de Haveskercke, Paul
Winandy, Stéphane ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Sciences agronomiques > Economie et développement rural
Mergeai, Guy ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Sciences agronomiques > Phytotechnie tropicale et horticulture
Language :
English
Title :
Attempted cultivation of Jatropha curcas L. in the lower Senegal river valley: story of a failure
Alternative titles :
[en] Tentative de culture de Jatropha curcas L. dans la basse vallée du fleuve Sénégal : histoire d'un échec
Publication date :
31 December 2012
Journal title :
Tropicultura
ISSN :
0771-3312
eISSN :
2295-8010
Publisher :
Agri-Overseas, Bruxelles, Belgium
Volume :
30
Issue :
4
Pages :
204-208
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
Fondation durabilis
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