Publications (169)
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Gold in pyrite revisited: insights into remobilization during deformation using electron backscatter diffraction and LA-ICP-MS
Pascal Ouiya, Didier Béziat, Stefano Salvi, German Velásquez, Séta Naba, Arnaud Proietti
In a gold deposit near Nassara, southern Burkina Faso, gold occurs closely associated with pyrite within a network of veins hosted by metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks. Using SEM and LA-ICP-MS analyses, we identified three generations of pyrite with distinct roles in gold mineralization. Pyrite 1 (Py1) formed early during mineralization,(...)
West African Craton, Pyrite microstructure, Gold remobilization, Gold occurrence, LA-ICP-MS, EBSD
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Farmers’ perception of sorghum - cowpea production under cropping systems, water and organo-mineral fertilizer management in the Centre-West Region of Burkina Faso
KOUMBEM Mahamoudou, PALÉ Siébou, TRAORÉ Arahama, TRAORÉ Hamidou, YONLI Djibril, HIEN Edmond, PRASAD P. V. Vara and MIDDENDORF B. Jan
Land degradation associated with soil moisture and fertility stresses and declining agricultural productivity are negatively impacting crop production in the sudano-sahelian agroecological zone of West Africa, particularly in the Centre-West Region of Burkina Faso. In this part of the country, sorghum-cowpea intercropping is one of the major c(...)
Consent to adopt, household farm, cropping system, tillage.
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Ecological Engineering Using Biological Crusts: Effects on Soil Physicochemical Properties in West-Central Region of Burkina Faso
Boussa Tockville Josue MARE, Ines WAGNER, Yiénibirma Josias LANKOANDE, Benjamin LANKOANDE, Waldemar SPYCHALSKI, Lukasz WOLKO and Jérôme JUILLERET
The land degradation in Burkina Faso is one of the major development challenges in the agricultural sector. Among the various existing means of soil recovery and improvement, the use of ecological engineering based on soils microorganisms also appears as a tool for sustainable land management. For this purpose, a trial was set up in(...)
Land restoration; soil microorganisms; soil quality improvement; Burkina-Faso.
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Groundwater Quality Assessment and Modeling Using Water Quality Index and Mathematical Models: Case Study of Bam Province, Burkina Faso
Konare Mahamadou, Traore Adama , Combere Wendpagnagda, Zoma Isabelle Eulodie, Boulama Omar Yacine Lawan Ibrahim and Abdourazakou Maman Hassan
In light of groundwater's fundamental role in providing drinking water to populations in the Sahel, its management and monitoring are vital for predicting and mitigating future crises. The goal of this study is to assess the groundwater quality in Bam province using the Water Quality Index (WQI), and to predict these indices through the applic(...)
Bam province, groundwater; water quality index (WQI), artificial neural networks (ANN), multiple linear regression (MLR)
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Lands Evaluation in Hydromorphic Environment: Case of Developed Rice Lowland Soils in the Province of Ziro, Burkina Faso
Boussa Tockville Josue MARE, Duponibè SOME, Fidèle KABORE , Jean OUEDRAOGO and Edmond HIEN
Sustainable soil management became a major concern for rice farming in Burkina Faso. Rained rice production offers potential thanks to the national rice policy oriented towards the developing of lowlands. However, effective soil fertility management through the promotion of good agricultural practices is essential in this agricultural area to(...)
Rice lowlands; soil quality; land assessment; Burkina Faso
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Short Term Impact of Andropogon gayanus Kunth. on Soil Fertility and Legume Crop Rotation in West Central Region of Koudougou, Burkina Faso
Boussa Tockville Josue Mare, Yiénibirma Josias Lankoande, Issaka Senou, Salifou Traore a and Waldemar Spychalski
The low productivity of land in Burkina Faso is one of the major threats of the agricultural sector. This study aims to evaluate the short-term legume crop impact in a sequence with a short term Andropogon gayanus fallow rotation in order to propose means of degraded lands recovery and their sustainable management. To achieve this goal, a test(...)
Land management; short fallow; physicochemical characteristics; Burkina Faso.
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Dynamics of Spatio-temporal Occupation of Biological Soils Crusts Using RS and GIS Approach in the Saria Catchment, West-central Region of Burkina Faso
Boussa Tockville Josue MARE, Alexandre BATIONO, Tog-Noma Patricia Emma BONTOGHO, Jean OUEDRAOGO, and Edmond HIEN
In the semi-arid environments of sub-Saharan Africa, the combined action of climatic factors and human activities degrades the vegetation cover, resulting in soils that are vulnerable to the risk of erosion. This is when micro-organisms of various kinds, known as biological crusts, colonise the soil surface, playing a part in the pedogenetic p(...)
Biological crusts; fallow land; Saria; remote sensing.
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Preliminary report on the Paleoproterozoic metasediments genesis and features of the Banfora belt western Burkina Faso-(West Africa craton)
: Hermann Ilboudo, Bernadin Gnamou , Wilfried Antoine Bassou Toe , Marc Ephrem Allialy
Metasedimentary rocks of the Banfora belt are examined for their petrography geochemistry and genesis. Main formations are pelite meta pelites sandstone- and metagrauwackes. The first ones show a fine interlocking layering with unclear graded bedding in the sandstone compared to the metapelites, while the metagrauwackes show a clearly discor(...)
Metasediments, Banfora Belt, Source, Alteration, Geotectonic Environment
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Spatial assessment of groundwater quality in the watershed draining the city of Manga, Burkina Faso, west Africa
Césard Millogo, Blehiman Sagnon, Abdoul-Azize Barry, And Samuel Nakolendoussé
The groundwater in the catchment draining the town of Manga and the surrounding area, which is characteristic of crystalline basement aquifers, undergoes mineral exchange during its residence in the rocks. In addition, factors such as deforestation, human activities and their spatial distribution can influence the chemical composition of groun(...)
Hydrogeochemical, groundwater quality, spatial assessment, Kriging, Inverse Distance Weighting, Manga
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Enhancement of the geological mapping in weathered plutonic and metamorphic rocks areas using village water supply wells data (lithology and hydrochemistry)
Cheik Abba Cissé Ouangaré, Séta Naba, Patrick Lachassagne
In weathered plutonic and metamorphic rocks areas, because rock outcrops are rare due to the extensive regolith cover, geological mapping is largely based on the interpretation of airborne data and imagery (aerial photographs, satellite images, airborne geophysics when available, etc.). In the sub-Saharan Africa, numerous village water supply(...)
Geological mapping, Granitoids, Metamorphic rocks, Silica, Village water supply boreholes
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Hydrochemical Assessment of Groundwater Quality in the City of Manga and the Surrounding Area, Burkina Faso, West Africa
Césard Millogo , Blehiman Sagnon, Sayoba Kafando, Samuel Nakolendoussé
The population of the city of Manga and the surrounding area is supplied with drinking water by boreholes exploiting the fractured rock aquifer. However, these boreholes are often managed without considering the impact of natural geogenic and anthropogenic sources of toxic chemicals, which can threaten groundwater quality. Major ion geochemist(...)
groundwater, hydrochemical evolution, saturation indices, WQI, Manga, Burkina Faso
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Performances agro-économiques de l’association sorgho-niébé sous différentes méthodes de gestion de l’eau et de la fertilisation organo-minérale en zone soudano-sahélienne du Burkina Faso.
Siébou Palé, Mahamoudou Koumbem, Arahama Traoré, Edmond Hien, Djibril Yonli, Hamidou Traoré, Grégoire Palé, Prasad P. V. vara et Middendorf B. Jan
La productivité du secteur agricole au Burkina Faso est confrontée à des contraintes pédoclimatiques. Ainsi, huit technologies de gestion de la fertilité du sol issues d’un essai conduit à la Station de Recherches Environnementales et Agricoles de Saria, ont été testées avec pour objectif d’évaluer leurs performances agronomiques et économique(...)
Association de cultures, exploitation agricole familiale, productivité agricole, rentabilité financière, travail du sol.
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Comparative Analysis of Deep Neural Network and Artificial Neural Network for Predicting Wheat Water Content Using UAV Multispectral and Thermal Imagers
Traore Adama, Mahamadou Konare, Syed Tahir Ata-ul-karim, Sunusi Amin Abubakar, Seydou Traore, Ben Zhao, and Aiwang Duan
Water is a vital component for the growth of wheat and the quality of its grains. The measurement of plant water content (PWC) serves as a crucial indicator for assessing the water status of crops, thereby guiding effective irrigation management practices. Recent advancements in technology, particularly the use of multispectral and thermal ima(...)
Machine learning; Deep neural network; UAV sensors; Plant water content
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Contribution of Landsat Multispectral Images to the Land Cover Dynamics of the Toéghin-Bangré Watershed for the Period 1998 to 2022 in Burkina Faso
Bako Inès; Koussoubé Youssouf
Abstract:
Remote sensing plays an important role in the continuous observation of the earth's
surface. It produces large databases that can be used to map and monitor natural
resources. To this end, land-use maps are genuine planning and decision-making tools
for natural resource management. The aim of this study is to use remote sensing(...)
Keywords: Remote sensing, Land use, Supervised classification, Rate of change, Water resources.
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Assessment and Modeling of Water Quality in the Niger River: A Comprehensive Study Using Water Quality Indices and Intelligent Techniques
Konare Mahamadou , Traore Adama , Abdourazakou Maman Hassan , Dembele Abdramane , Cissoko Fatoumata and Sissoko Diabélou
The Niger River is essential to the livelihoods of those in Bamako and its neighboring areas, providing vital resources for drinking water, agriculture, livestock, industry, and fishing. Given its significance across these sectors, there is a pressing need to establish an effective water resource management strategy that incorporates a thoroug(...)
Niger river; water quality index; multiple linear regression; artificial neural network