Contents

  1. Foreword

  2. Preface

  3. Acknowledgements

  4. Editorial Team and Contributors

  5. I. Socio-Economic Analysis of Dryland Crops Production

    1. 1. Production and Consumption Trends of Dryland Staples in CORAF Nations

    2. 2. Assessment of Farmers’ Groundnut Varietal Trait Preferences and Production Constraints in the Groundnut Basin of Senegal

    3. 3. Yield Response of Dryland Cereals to Fertilizer on Smallholder Farms in Mali

    4. 4. Counterfeit Herbicides, Productivity and Family Labor Use on Farms in Mali: A Multivalued Treatment Approach

    5. 5. Economic Risks and Uncertainties in a Context of Climate Change: Teachings on the Use of Information Systems in the Senegalese Groundnut Basin

    6. 6. Consumer Willingness to Pay for Millet-based Food Attributes in Niger

  6. II. Advanced Phenotyping and Crop Modelling for Adaptation to Drylands

    1. 7. UAV Method Based on Multispectral Imaging for Field Phenotyping

    2. 8. Agro-physiological Responses of 10 West Africa Sorghum Varieties to Early Water Deficit Assessed by UAV and Ground Phenotyping

    3. 9. Toward a Regional Field Phenotyping Network in West Africa

    4. 10. High-throughput Root Phenotyping: Opportunities and Challenges for the Adaptation of Arid and Semi-arid Crops to Future Climates

    5. 11. Using Root-Soil Interactions in the Rhizosphere as Valuable Traits for Selection Against Drought

    6. 12. Designing Dual-purpose Sorghum Ideotypes for High Grain and Biomass Yields Suitable for Various Target Environments in Senegal

  7. III. Genetic Diversity and Improvement of Dryland Crops

    1. 13. Biodiversity as a Cornerstone of Agrosystems’ Sustainability in West Africa

    2. 14. Management of Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata L. (Walp)] Germplasm Diversity in Senegal: A Crucial Asset for Breeding Programs

    3. 15. From Shade to Light: Fonio, an African Orphan Crop, Towards Renewed Challenges

    4. 16. Past, Present, and Future of West African Sorghum Improvement: Building a Roadmap for Climate-adaptive, Farmer-adopted Varieties

    5. 17. Modern Approaches for Sorghum Breeding in Mali

    6. 18. Genetic Improvement of Pearl Millet in Senegal: Past, Present and Future Prospects

    7. 19. Breeding for Drought Adaptation and Fresh Seed Dormancy of Groundnut in Senegal: Advances, Challenges, and Prospects

  8. Chapters’ corresponding authors

  9. Book Abstract