Water management practices for sustainable rice production in Nigeria
Water management practices for sustainable rice production in Nigeria
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尼日利亚可持续水稻生产的水管理实践
DOI:
10.4314/naj.v38i1.3247
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发表时间:
2009
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通讯作者:
T. Wakatsuki
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作者:
O. Fashola;E. Imolehin;T. Wakatsuki
The importance of rice in Nigeria is no longer the question but rather how can we meet the growing demand, reduce import and be self-sufficient. Consumption per capita jumped from 2.9 kg (1970/74) to 24.1 kg (1995/99). Our production figure increased by 6 times within the period to 3.27 million tons but our importation figure by 1998 stood at 1 million tons accounting for one third of the total import for West Africa. By 1999 area harvested from rice stood at 2.2 million hectares of which 65% was from rainfed lowland. However our yield average is 1.5 t/ha. There are 55 high yielding varieties for various ecologies officially released and another 6 NERICA varieties in the pipeline for upland areas. The lowland elite varieties with good management could yield up to 6 tons per ha. But these potentials are never achieved on farmers’ field because of poor water control system and bad soil management. This is why a renewed call for a concerted effort needs to be made for a better water and soil management practices referred to in this paper as *Sawah System and better policies.
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发表时间:
2002
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Association of Agriculture & Forestry Statistics. (Hirose, S. & Wakatsuki, T. eds.)
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作者:
Shikano;K.
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K.