Water Constraints and Flood-Recession Agriculture in the Senegal River Valley
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Flood Management at Dams
3.2. River Level at the Main Stations in the Middle Valley
3.3. River Level and Flooded Area at Podor
3.4. Resilience of Agricultural Practices to the Water Stress Risks
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sall, M.; Poussin, J.-C.; Bossa, A.Y.; Ndiaye, R.; Cissé, M.; Martin, D.; Bader, J.-C.; Sultan, B.; Ogilvie, A. Water Constraints and Flood-Recession Agriculture in the Senegal River Valley. Atmosphere 2020, 11, 1192. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/atmos11111192
Sall M, Poussin J-C, Bossa AY, Ndiaye R, Cissé M, Martin D, Bader J-C, Sultan B, Ogilvie A. Water Constraints and Flood-Recession Agriculture in the Senegal River Valley. Atmosphere. 2020; 11(11):1192. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/atmos11111192
Chicago/Turabian StyleSall, Mamadou, Jean-Christophe Poussin, Aymar Yaovi Bossa, Ramatoulaye Ndiaye, Madiama Cissé, Didier Martin, Jean-Claude Bader, Benjamin Sultan, and Andrew Ogilvie. 2020. "Water Constraints and Flood-Recession Agriculture in the Senegal River Valley" Atmosphere 11, no. 11: 1192. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/atmos11111192