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Titre : AGRICULTURAL BIODIVERSITY AND FOOD ‎SECURITY IN ‎WEST ‎DARFUR, SUDAN‎

Food Crops Diversity and Food Security ‎‎ ‎‎“Cereal crops Diversity in Zalingei ‎locality”‎

Auteurs  : Adam Salih Abaker Sabahelkheir
Publisher  : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Date de parution : 2020-04-21
Pages : 104

Présentation
People cultivate many varieties of cereal crops in Zalingei area ; some are ‎indigenous while others are introduced. Most of the population in Zalingei ‎area depends heavily on cereal crops production as a main source of ‎livelihood and income, they cultivate a variety of cultivars of cereals, ranging ‎from early maturing to late maturing, according to the type of soil, some are ‎introduced by some institutions such as Jebel Marra Rural Development ‎Project or agricultural services ; Ministry of Agriculture, some were entered ‎from neighboring countries, while others are indigenous This diversity ‎emphasizes that the farmer takes the advantage of cultivating different ‎cultivars of cereals, as safeguard during adverse conditions, such as drought ‎or invasion by pests, which is very common in the area. Despite this, it is ‎observed that food shortage occurs occasionally in Zalingei locality. It is the ‎interest of this study to look for the impact of food crops diversity on food ‎security in Zalingei locality.‎

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