Search Results - "Benin"

Consistency of performance of early-maturing maize cultivars in Striga infested and Striga-free environments by Badu-Apraku, Baffour, Yallou, C., Oyekunle, M., Akinwale, R., Aweke, G., Kamara, A.

“…Sixteen early-maturing cultivars were evaluated at two locations in Nigeria and three locations in the Republic of Benin from 2007 to 2009 to assess the grain yield, stability and the consistency of the rankings of the cultivars under Striga-infested and Striga-free environments. …”
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Molecular differentiation of the African yellow fever vector Aedes bromeliae (Diptera: Culicidae) from its sympatric nonvector sister species, Aedes lilii by Bennett, K.L., Linton, Y., Shija, F., Kaddumukasa, M., Djouaka, R.F., Misinzo, G., Lutwama, J., Huang, Y., Mitchell, L.B., Richards, Meryl B., Tossou, E., Walton, C.

“…Whereas only Ae. lilii is found in the Republic of Benin and only Ae. bromeliae in Tanzania, both species are sympatric in Uganda. …”
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Distribution and prevalence of nematodes (Scutellonema bradys and Meloidogyne spp.) on marketed yam (Dioscorea spp.) in West Africa by Coyne, Danny L., Tchabi, A., Baimey, H., Labuschagne, N., Rotifa, I.

“…The distribution, population density and incidence of plant parasitic nematodes and associated damage to yam (Dioscorea spp.) tubers obtained from market stalls in the West African countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria and Togo was determined during the tuber storage periods in 2002 and 2003. …”
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Animal traction for agricultural development by Starkey, P.H., Faye, A.

“…Other papers discuss animal traction experiences in Morocco, Benin, Guinea, Ghana, Brazil and India.…”
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Characterization of the photosynthetic pathway of some tropical food yams (Dioscorea spp.) using leaf natural 13C abundance by Cornet, D., Sierra, J., Bonhomme, R.

“…A total of 23 genotypes belonging to seven tropical food yams and two wild relative species of different origin and coming from two sampling ecological zones (the Republic of Benin in Africa and Guadeloupe in the Caribbean) was analysed for their 13C content. …”
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Participatory appraisal of institutional and political constraints and opportunities for innovation to address parasitic weeds in rice by Schut, Marc, Rodenburg, J., Klerkx, Laurens, Hinnou, L.C., Kayeke, J., Bastiaans, L.

“…Multi-stakeholder workshops, interviews and surveys were held to gather data on key constraints faced by different stakeholder groups across three parasitic weed infested study sites in both Tanzania and Benin. The results demonstrate that in both countries, the majority of institutional and political constraints relate to the functioning of the broader crop protection and agricultural systems and not specifically to parasitic weeds. …”
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Améliorer la compétitivité du riz béninois grâce aux plateformes d'innovation by Moumouni, Ismail

“…De 2015 à 2017, l'ONG DEDRAS et ses partenaires ont mis en oeuvre, au Bénin, le projet d'Appui à l'amélioration de la sécurité alimentaire par le renforcement de la compétitivité de la chaîne de valeur ajoutée riz local étuvé (PARCR). …”
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Community outreach nutrition education materials based on local nutrient-dense underutilized foods for low literate population using linear programming by CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health

“…2019: See document National Committee on food and nutrition security in Bénin where videos and Bioversity International are mentioned several times throughout the document. available at teamspace. 2018: Posters and dissemination workshops held at both community and district-level to build capacity on use of the tools were developed.…”
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Launch of the second phase of the negotiations by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…On October 6th the second regionally based second-phase negotiations were launched in west Africa with ECOWAS -the Economic Community of West African States - which includes Cape Verde, Guinea; Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and WAEMA - West African Economic and Monetary Union - which includes. Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire Guinea Bissau; Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo......…”
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Farmers' perceptions on mechanical weeders for rice production in sub-Saharan Africa by Johnson, J-M., Rodenburg, J., Tanaka, A., Senthilkumar, Kalimuthu, Ahouanton, K., Dieng, I., Klotoe, A., Akakpo, C., Segda, Zénabou, Yameogo, L.P., Gbakatchetche, H., Acheampong, G.K., Bam, R.K., Bakare, O.S., Kalisa, A., Gasore, E.R., Ani, S., Ablede, K., Saito, Kazuki

“…Three to six different weeder types were evaluated at 10 different sites across seven countries – i.e., Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda and Togo. …”
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Participatory cowpea development for poverty reduction and sustainable livelihoods in west Africa: case of PRONAF (Projet Niebe pour l'Afrique)- a multipartners, regional, and coll... by Adeoti, R., Coulibaly, O., Allomasso, R., Adetonah, S., Gbaguidi, B., Fatokun, C.

“…Target countries include Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria. …”
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The effect of leguminous cover crops and cowpea planted as border rows on maize ear borers with special reference to Mussidia nigrivenella Ragonot (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) by Agboka, K., Schulthess, F., Tounou, A.K., Tamò, Manuele, Vidal, S.

“…In southern Benin, the use of cover crops to improve and maintain soil fertility is on the increase. …”
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Some aspects of black sigatoka epidemiology in Central America and outlook for future research in Sub-Saharan Africa by Gauhl, F.

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A diagnostic multiplex PCR scheme for identification of plant-associated bacteria of the genus Pantoea by Kini, K., Agnimonhan, R., Dossa, R., Silué, D., Koebnik, R.

“…Notably, strains of Pantoea ananatis and Pantoea stewartii have been found to cause bacterial leaf blight of rice in Togo and Benin, while other authors have observed that Pantoea agglomerans can also cause bacterial leaf blight of rice. …”
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Sharing ideas between cultures with videos by Bentley, J., Mele, P. van

“…Farmers in southwestern and northern Nigeria reacted to videos on rice seed health (made in Bangladesh), on parboiling (filmed in Benin) and rice cultivation(from Mali). The farmers criticized the videos freely, but their remarks were about the technical pros and cons of thetechnologies presented in the videos. …”
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Dryland crop model based approaches to guide the climate adaptation of crop and livestock systems across scales in Senegal. by Vincent Vadez, Amir Hajjarpoor, Malick Ndiaye, Jerome Bossuet

“…Sorghum sowing density trial conducted by IRD/IGE/CERAAS with Benin Institute student, combining crop varietal diversity and land management interventions at plot level to improve integrated predictive crop modelling. …”
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Guidance for improving nutrition-relevant development in West Africa by Casu, Laura, Uzhova, Irina, Diatta, Ampa Dogui, Dramé, Mariame, Verstraeten, Roosmarijn

“…This provides guidance for improving nutrition-relevant in West Africa, drawn from a comprehensive review of nutrition-relevant policies in 16 countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.…”
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What determines the stakeholdersŽ participation in plant breeding programs?: case studies in the South by Lançon, J., Bertrand, B., Clément-Demange, A, Hocdé, H, Nouy, B, Trouche, G.

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Genomics for transforming yam breeding by Gedil, Melaku A, Bhattacharjee, Ranjana, López Montes, Antonio José

“…The five major yam-producing countries in West Africa (Bénin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo) account for 93% of worldwide production. …”
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Multitrophic interactions in cassava, Manihot esculenta, cropping systems in the subhumid tropics of West Africa by Schulthess, F., Neuenschwander, Peter, Gounou, S.

“…The effect of fertilizer and mulch across tropic level of the cassava ecosystem, i.e. the plant, the cassava mealybug(CM), the wasp Apoanagyrus lopezi and its hyperparasitoids, was studied in two field experiments planted ins southern Benin. Several cassava cultivars with different branching patterns and varying susceptibility to the cassava mealbug were planted on a sandy loamy and a sandy soil, respectively. …”
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