Autors: WANG,Y.-M., TRAORE,S., KERH,T.
Title: A Climatic Data Information Model for Computing Crop Yields in Burkina Faso
Keywords: Reference model, rainfall contribution index, data informati

Abstract: This paper applied a reference model and rainfall contribution index recently developed for Burkina Faso to model the water balance analysis using climatic data information collected from 1995 to 2006 in Ouagadougou and Banfora.Then,the crop water yield function concept is used for establishing climatic data information model to examine the final output under different planting dates.It was found that,the difference between potential and expected yields was causally related to the planting dates applied.In addition,by comparing the maximum expected yields to the average values,the yields were reduced between 5 to 18% and 4 to 23% in Ouagadougou and Banfora,respectively.Lower the difference,closer the planting dates to the suitable dates.It could be therefore suggested for alleviating the water shortage and yield deficit under rainfed condition,the suitable cropping calendars determined using the model established in this study.

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    10th WSEAS International Conference on MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (MMACTEE'08), pp. 114-119, 2008, Bulgaria,

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