No changes in soil organic carbon and nitrogen following long term prescribed burning and livestock exclusion in the Sudan savanna woodlands of Burkina Faso

This study was done to study the impact of grazing and fire on soil Carbon stocks. It was part of a long-term split-plot experiment established in 1992 to explore the ecological impacts of prescribed fire and grazing intensity. It analyzed the effects of 19 years of prescribed annual burning and livestock exclusion on tree density, SOC and TN concentrations in the Sudanian savanna ecoregion at two sites (Tiogo and Laba) in Burkina Faso. The study was conducted in partnership with Environmental Institute for Agricultural Research (INERA) and International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). It was supported by the GIZ/BEAF International Agricultural Research Grants Programme; and Water Land and Ecosystems program of the CGIAR. The study contributed to the Carbon sequestration options in pastoral & agro-pastoral systems in Africa project.

Dataset’s Files

0Variable description-Burkina_fire_grazing_study.tab
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Variable descriptions


Aynekulu et al. 2021.pdf
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Publication


Burkina_soil_data_2021_08_16.tab
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Soil data


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Authors

Ermias, Aynekulu; Gudeta W. Sileshi; Todd S. Rosenstock; Meine van Noordwijk; Diress Tsegaye; Jonas, Koala; Louis, Sawadogo; Eleanor Milne; Jan de Leeuw; Keith, Shepherd

Keywords

carbon sequestration, climate change mitigation, ecosystem services, land restoration, soil health, soil organic matter

Publisher

ICRAF Soil and Land Health Theme

Publication date

13 Jun 2022

DOI

https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/5RHDQC