Scientific references (SustainSahel project studies and others)
Adams, Alexis M.; Gillespie, Adam W.; Kar, Gourango; Koala, Saidou; Ouattara, Badiori; Kimaro, Anthony A. et al. (2016): Long term effects of reduced fertilizer rates on millet yields and soil properties in the West-African Sahel. In: Nutr Cycl Agroecosyst 106 (1), pp. 17–29. DOI: 10.1007/s10705-016-9786-x.
Agbohessou, Yélognissè; Audebert, Alain; Ndour, Adama; Leroux, Louise; Jourdan, Christophe; Clermont-Dauphin, Cathy et al. (2025): Proxydetection of the impact distance of trees on crops: An indicator of the Land Equivalent Ratio? In: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 394, p. 109918. DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2025.109918.
Akodéwou, Amah; Palou Madi, Oumarou; Ambomo Tsanga, Faustin; Rousgou, Romain; Peltier, Régis (2024): Three decades of Faidherbia albida agroforestry in Far North Region, Cameroon. In: Agroforestry at work: Tropenbos International.
Beye, Aminata; Traoré, Linda C. Gabriella; Coulibaly, Mamadou; Mbaye, Tamsir, Schlecht, Eva; Fall Ba, Mariéme; Ngom, Daouda; Heckendorn, Felix; Roessler, Regina; Sanon, Hadja Oumou and Coulibaly, Drissa (2023). Use of trees and shrub by farmers to control gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN) in extensive livestock production systems of West Africa. Tropentag 2023. tropentag.de/2023/abstracts/links/Beye_h5Kry3wI.php
Coulibaly, Mamadou; Coulibaly, Drissa; Roessler, Regina; Coulibaly, Hawa; Cissé, Baba; Schlecht, Eva (2025): Preference of Ligneous Forages by Sheep in South-East Mali. Animals 15 (8), 1102. doi: 10.3390/ani15081102.
Clermont-Dauphin, Cathy; N'dienor, Moussa; Leroux, Louise; Ba, Halimatou. S.; Bongers, Frans; Jourdan, Christophe et al. (2023): Faidherbia albida trees form a natural buffer against millet water stress in agroforestry parklands in Senegal. In: Biotechnol. Agron. Soc. Environ., pp. 182–195. DOI: 10.25518/1780-4507.20477.
Diongue, Djim M.L.; Brunetti, Giuseppe; Stumpp, Christine; Do, Frederic C.; Roupsard, Olivier; Orange, Didier et al. (2023): A probabilistic framework for assessing the hydrological impact of Faidherbia albida in an arid area of Senegal. In: Journal of Hydrology 622, p. 129717. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129717.
Doumbia, Salif; Dembele, Sidiki Gabriel; Sissoko, Fagaye; Samake, Odiaba; Sousa, Fernando; Harun, Cicek et al. (2020a): Alley cropped Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Kunth ex. Walp. enhance soil fertility and yields of cotton, maize and sorghum in Mali. In: International Journal of Food Science and Agriculture 4 (3), pp. 301–313.
Doumbia, Salif; Dembele, Sidiki Gabriel; Sissoko, Fagaye; Samake, Odiaba; Sousa, Fernando; Harun, Cicek et al. (2020b): Alley Cropped Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Kunth ex. Walp. Enhance Soil Fertility and Yields of Cotton, Maize and Sorghum in Mali 4 (3).
Fané, S.; Agbotui, D. K.; Graefe, S.; Sanou, L.; Sanogo, S.; Buerkert, A. (2024): Adoption of agroforestry systems by smallholder farmers in the Sudano-Sahelian zones of Mali and Burkina Faso, West Africa. In: Agroforest Syst 98 (7), pp. 2385–2396. DOI: 10.1007/s10457-024-01020-8.
Fané, Siriki Agbotui; Deogratias, Kofi; Ndiaye, Cheikh; Ingold, Mariko; Graefe, Sophie; Buerkert, Andreas (ed.) (2023): Decomposition and nitrogen release patterns of shrubs/trees leafy biomass in the Sahelian zone of Senegal in West Africa. Tropentag.
Fauconnier, Sébastien; Vincke, Caroline; Do, Frédéric (2024): Eco-hydrology of a Sahelian woody species: Faidherbia albida. Assessing root hydraulic redistributions in the agroforestry parkland of Sob, Senegal.
Founoune-Mboup, Hassna; Moussa, NDiénor; other ISRA researchers (2025): Participatory field trials on soil improvement with organic matter from local shrubs and manure. Dakar, 2025. Internal project report.
Gnissien, Moussa; Coulibaly, Kalifa; Barro, Moussa; Douzet, Jean-Marie; Cournac, Laurent; Cicek, Harun; Nacro, Hassan B. (2023): Long-term effects of different densities of Piliostigma reticulatum (DC) Hochst on carbon and water storage and dynamics in an epipetric Plinthosol in the northern Sudanese zone of Burkina Faso. In: Int. J. Bio. Chem. Sci 17 (3), pp. 1220–1236. DOI: 10.4314/ijbcs.v17i3.36.
Gnissien, Moussa; Coulibaly, Kalifa; Koomson, Eric; Douzet, Jean-Marie; Cournac, Laurent; Nacro, Hassan Bismarck; Cicek, Harun (2025): Soil properties and crop productivity under varying density of planted Piliostigma reticulatum (DC) Hochst in Burkina Faso. In: Agroforest Syst 99 (8), p. 260. DOI: 10.1007/s10457-025-01365-8.
Hane, Ndèye Maguette; Sall, Saïdou Nourou; Founoune, Hassna; Ndienor, Moussa; Cicek, Harun; Van Den Meersche, Karel (2025): Integration of agrosystems with mycorrhizal shrub Guiera senegalensis in Sanghaïe (Niakhar - Fatick), Senegal. Tropentag Reconcile land system changes. University of Bonn / ZEF. Bonn, 2025.
Koné, Souleymane; Kouyaté, Aliou Badara; Sanogo, Sidi; Coulibaly, Hawa; Dembélé, Sidiki Gabriel; Sissoko, Fagaye et al. (2025): Effects of decomposition of Piliostigma reticulatum (DC) Hochst, Guiera senegalensis J. F. Gmel and Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Walp. In: Rev. Afr. Environ. Agric. 8 (2), pp. 196–206. DOI: 10.4314/rafea.v8i2.17.
Koomson, E., Diouf, A., E., Sylla, D.; Beck, L; Ameth F.; Cadisch, G. (2025). SustainSahel deliverable report (D7.5): Dissemination materials from processed and visualized model outputs
Olivier Roupsard; Alain Audebert; Adama P. Ndour; Cathy Clermont-Dauphin; Yelognissè Agbohessou; Josias Sanou et al. (2020): How far does the tree affect the crop in agroforestry? New spatial analysis methods in a Faidherbia parkland. In: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 296, p. 106928. DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2020.106928.
Roessler, Regina; Cicek, Harun; Cournac, Laurent; Gnissien, Moussa; Männle, Julia; Koomson, Eric et al. (2025): Towards transdisciplinary identification of suitable woody perennials for resilient agro-silvopastoral systems in the Sudano-Sahelian zone of West Africa. In: Agroforest Syst 99 (1). DOI: 10.1007/s10457-024-01113-4.
Sidy Sow; Yolande Senghor; Khardiatou Sadio; Rémi Vezy; Olivier Roupsard; François Affholder et al. (2024): Calibrating the STICS soil-crop model to explore the impact of agroforestry parklands on millet growth. In: Field Crops Research 306, p. 109206. DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2023.109206.
Siegwart, Lorène; Bertrand, Isabelle; Roupsard, Olivier; Duthoit, Maxime; Jourdan, Christophe (2022): Root litter decomposition in a sub-Sahelian agroforestry parkland dominated by Faidherbia albida. In: Journal of Arid Environments 198, p. 104696. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2021.104696.
Traore, Linda C. Gabriella; Sanou, Sita; Roessler, Regina; Sanon, Hadja Oumou; Bougouma-Yameogo, Valérie.; Schlecht, Eva (2025): Digestibilité de quelques ligneux fourragers préférés par les ovins dans la zone nord-soudanienne du Burkina Faso. Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences. 63(3) 11921-11933.doi:10.35759/JAnmPlSci.v63-3.7
Further resources to learn more about agroforestry
- Booklet: Agroforestry in the Sahel: Recommendations for Enriching Soils, Enhancing Yields, Boosting Animal Health.: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17153079
- Manual on local tree species in the Sahel:https://regreeningafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Indigenous-tree-species-guide.pdf
- Guides on tree propagation
- More learning materials produced by Sustain Sahel: https://www.sustainsahel.net/results-and-learning-materials.html
- Scientific insights: https://zenodo.org/communities/sustainsahel/