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Artículos de revistas y libros
Diciembre, 2014
Senegal, Mauritania, Malí, Burkina Faso, Argelia, Níger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudán, Sudán del Sur, Eritrea, Camerún, República Centroafricana, Etiopía, África, África subsahariana, África Central, África oriental, África septentrional, África austral, África occidental
In Africa, where most agriculture is rainfed, crop growth is limited by water availability. Rainfall variability during a growing season generally translates into variability in crop production. While the seasonality of rainfall in the drier rangelands can play a significant role in productivity, rain-use efficiency (RUE)—the amount of biomass produced (in kilograms of dry matter per hectare) per millimeter of rainfall—also drives production.