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IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON SORGHUM PRODUCTION UNDER DIFFERENT NUTRIENT AND CROP RESIDUE MANAGEMENT IN SEMI-ARID REGION OF GHANA: A MODELING PERSPECTIVE
This study evaluates the potential impact of climate change on sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) grain yield under different crop residue and nutrient management systems in a smallholder farming system. The Agricultural Production Systems Simulator (APSIM) was used in this scenario analysis. Tw...
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Published in: | African crop science journal 2012-11, Vol.20 |
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Language: | English |
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Summary: | This study evaluates the potential impact of climate change on sorghum
( Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) grain yield under different crop
residue and nutrient management systems in a smallholder farming
system. The Agricultural Production Systems Simulator (APSIM) was used
in this scenario analysis. Two crop residue management types (crop
residue retention in soil and crop residue removal) and fertiliser
management (no fertilisation and application of 40, 30 kg P ha-1 ) were
the scenarios analysed using climate change (CCD) and historical (HD)
weather data to simulate sorghum yield. Comparing grain yield under the
two weather conditions, there was a 20% reduction in grain yield as a
result of climate change when no fertiliser was applied compared with a
yield increase of 4% with the application of 40 kg N, 30 kg P ha-1. The
impact of crop residue management on grain yield was lower under
climate change weather conditions than under historical weather
conditions. This can be attributed to higher soil moisture stress which
also contributed to lower rate of soil carbon decomposition in the top
soil. Instability (inter-annual standard deviation) in grain yield was
higher under climate change (0.13 to 0.21) weather conditions than
under historical (0.04 to 0.11) weather conditions. This was reflected
in higher change in yield, thus, making sorghum production under
rain-fed agriculture more risky, particularly to the smallholder (low
input) farmers.
Cette étude évalue l'impact potentiel du changement
climatique sur le rendement en grain du sorgho ( Sorghum bicolor (L.)
Moench) sous différents systèmes de gestion des résidus
des cultures et des éléments minéraux dans le system de
petites exploitations agricoles. Le Simulateur des Systèmes de
Production Agricole (APSIM) était utilisé dans cette analyse
de scénario. Deux types de gestion de résidus des cultures
(maintien de résidus des cultures dans le sol et
l'enlèvement des résidus) et la gestion des
fertilisants (pas de fertilisation et application de 40 kg N, 30kg P
kg-1) étaient des scenarios analysés en utilisant des
données de changement climatiques et des données climatiques
historiques pour simuler le rendement du sorgho. En comparant le
rendement en grain sous les deux conditions climatiques, une
réduction de 2O% du rendement en grain était observée en
condition de sol non fertilisé ainsi qu'une augmentation du
rendement de 4% induite par l'application de 40kg N et 30 kg P
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ISSN: | 1021-9730 |