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CGIAR Research Program 3.3: GRiSP - A Global Rice Science Partnership by International Rice Research Institute, Africa Rice Center, International Center for Tropical Agriculture

“…To ensure maximum impact from this program, with a 5-year budget of nearly US$600 million, it will be carried out jointly by three CGIAR Centers: IRRI, the Lead Center which is headquartered in the Philippines, the Africa Rice Center in Benin and CIAT in Colombia: and major advanced agricultural research organizations in France and Japan in collaboration with hundreds of partners. …”
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Domestic animals infected with Mycobacterium ulcerans - implications for transmission to humans by Djouaka, R., Zeukeng, F., Bigoga, J.D., Kakou-Ngazoa, S.E., Akoton, R., Tchigossou, G., Coulibaly, D.N., Tchebe, S.J.E., Aboubacar, S., Nguepdjo, C.N., Tossou, E., Adeoti, R., Ngonga, T.M.N., Akpo, Y., Djegbe, I., Tamo, Manuele, Mbacham, W.F., Ablordey, A.

“…Here, we screened roaming domesticated animals that share the human microhabitat in two different BU endemic sites, Sedje-Denou in Benin and Akonolinga in Cameroon, for MU lesions. …”
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Rapport de l’atelier de clôture Capacitating Stakeholders in Using Climate Information for Enhanced Resilience in the Agricultural Sector in West Africa (CaSCIERA-TA) by Diakité, Adama, Chabi, Adéyèmi, Bayala, Jules

“…Coordonné par le World Agroforestry (ICRAF), le projet est mis en oeuvre au Benin, en Guinée, au Niger et au Togo par un consortium d’institutions nationales et internationales incluant le programme de recherche du CGIAR sur le Changement Climatique, l'Agriculture et la Sécurité Alimentaire (CCAFS), le Centre Régional de Formation et d’Information en Agro-météorologie et Hydrologie Opérationnelle (AGHRYMET), l’Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Bénin (INRAB), l’Institut de Recherche Agronomique de Guinée (IRAG), l’Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger (INRAN) et l'Institut Togolais de Recherche Agronomique (ITRA). …”
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First report of Fusarium moniliforme causing cassava root and stem rot by Msikita, W., Yaninek, John S., Ahounou, M., Fagbemissi, R.

“…Fifty-five samples of diseased cassava (Manihot esculenta) crowns and shoots and discoloured chips were collected from Benin and Cameroon, Africa. Pieces of infected tissue were cultured on agar and incubated for a week. …”
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CROSST - Version 1.0.1 by Mukiri, Jessica, Diogo, Rodrigue V. Cao, Gbedjissokpa, Sènami G.M., Kinyua, Michael, Hoek, Rein van der, Paul, Birthe K., Sommer, Rolf

“…The tool was pilot-tested in Benin and Kenya under the BMZ-GIZ program on ‘Soil Protection and Rehabilitation for Food Security.’…”
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Videos that speak for themselves: when non-extensionists show agricultural videos to large audiences by Bentley, J., Mele, P.V., Okry, F., Zossou, E.

“…In 2008, an NGO showed videos about rice to farmers in 19 villages in Benin. A study in 2013 showed that farmers remembered the videos, even after five years had passed. …”
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Country CSA profiles developed by CCAFS to guide CSA mainstreaming into the National Agricultural Investment Plans of West African Countries by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…In the framework of the climate-smart agriculture (CSA) prioritization framework developed by CCAFS and in view of the evidence of the CSA profile developed by CCAFS for Senegal, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) contracted CCAFS WA to develop CSA profiles for the Gambia, Benin, Niger and Côte d’Ivoire. FAO has confirmed to CCAFS that the CSA profiles will guide the recommendations for CSA mainstreaming into the national agricultural investment plans of selected West African countries.…”
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Mainstreaming CSA into the West African Agricultural Productivity Program by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Since its launch in October 2017, a 2-year project of 2,550,230 US$ funded by the West African Agricultural Productivity Program facilitated by CORAF/WECARD entitled “Capacitating Stakeholders in Using Climate Information for Enhanced Resilience in the Agricultural Sector in West Africa (CaSCIERA-TA)” is expanding approaches, tools, knowledge and skills in CSA developed by the regional team to Benin, Guinea, Mali, Niger and Togo in two communes per country. …”
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Goat and Sheep technology toolkit catalogue: Clearinghouse technical report series 017 by Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation

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Synopsis, Is there fiscal space for CAADP in Ghana? by Younger, Stephen D.

“…In recent years, spending on agriculture has increased, but only to about 3.5 percent of total expenditures (Benin 2014; ReSAKSS 2015). To attain the CAADP target, Ghana needs to spend an additional 6.5 percent of total expenditures, or about 2 percent of GDP, on agriculture. …”
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Etapes de mise en œuvre de l’Approche « Ferme du Futur (FoF)» by Ogou, Anani

“…Cette présentation est un outil didactique de formation des chercheurs et professionnels dévelopé pour outiller les équipes du Burkina Faso, Bénin, Mali, Niger et Tchad dans le processus de déploiement de l'approche "ferme du futur (FoF) et "analogues climatiques au sein des communautés rurales des villages climato-intelligents mis en place dans ces 5 pays, avec l'appui financer du Conseil Ouest et Centre Africain pour la Recherche et Développement Agricoles (CORAF) et la DDC de la coopération suisse.…”
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Animal traction in Ghana by Houssou, Nazaire, Kolavalli, Shashidhara, Bobobee, Emmanuel, Owusu, Victor

“…The strong demand for mechanization services (Houssou et al., 2012; Benin et al., 2012) and inadequate number of tractors to meet the demand in the country call for more effective use of other power sources for the agriculture sector. …”
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Refining opportunity cost estimates of not adopting GM cotton: An application in seven Sub-Saharan African countries by Bouët, Antoine, Gruère, Guillaume P.

“…A computable general equilibrium model is applied to evaluate the opportunity costs of not adopting Bt cotton, a genetically‐modified (GM) insect resistant cotton, in Benin, Burkina‐Faso, Mali, Senegal, Togo, Tanzania, and Uganda when it is adopted in other countries. …”
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Sensitivity of welfare effects estimated by equilibrium displacement model: A biological productivity growth for semisubsistence crops in Sub-Sahara African market with high transa... by Takeshima, Hiroyuki

“…The application to the dataset for Benin cassava farmers provides an example that the conventional EDM may significantly overestimate the total welfare gains, and may also lead to very different interpretation of how pro-poor the technology is.…”
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Is food promotion and marketing in the school food environment conducive to healthy choices for adolescents? Evidence from two West Africa countries by Bodjrenou Fifali, Sam Ulrich, Kossa, Yévèdo DG, Houndolo, Melina M., Gnacadja, Djawou N, Hounkpatin, Waliou Amoussa, Jordan, Irmgard

“…Objective: Analyse whether marketing aspects in the food environment of public elementary schools (PES) in Benin and Ivory Coast are conducive to healthy choices for adolescents.…”
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Sustainable use and conservation of Vitex doniana Sweet: unlocking the propagation ability using stem cuttings by Achigan-Dako, Enoch G., N'Danikou, Sognigbe, Tchokponhoue, A.D., Assogba-Komlan, F., Larwanou L., Vodouhe S.R., Ahanchédé, A.

“…To understand how stem cutting size or hormone application affect the regeneration and early growth ability in that species we used two categories of cutting diameter (1cmVitex doniana to reduce the pressure on wild tree population in Benin.…”
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Review of soil fertility management for yambased systems in West Africa by Carsky, R.J., Asiedu, Robert, Cornet, D.

“…The project Poverty Alleviation and Enhanced Food Availability in West Africa through Improved Yam Technologies proposed to improve yam production in five West African countries (Nigeria, Bénin, Togo, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire) during the period from 2000 to 2003. …”
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Grasshopper control in the Sahel: Farmer perceptions and participation by Stonehouse, J.M., Gbongboui, C., Groot, A. de, Lomer, C., Ly, S., Tijani, Maiga, I.

“…This study used farmers' responses to a questionnaire to investigate the practices they used against grasshoppers, locusts and other pests, the reasons for their choices, and the differences between the perception and control of grasshoppers vis-à-vis other pests. 313 farmers were interviewed in the Sahelian zones of Benin, Mali and Niger. The perceived relative and absolute gravity of pests, and the techniques used against them, varied between areas. …”
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Suitability of West African gramineous stemborers for the development of Cotesia species by Hailemichael, Y., Schulthess, F., Smith, W., Overholt, W.A.

“…The palaeotropical, gregarious, endoparasitic braconids Cotesia sesamiae, Cotesia flavipes and Cotesia chilonis were recently imported into Benin as candidates for biological control of stem and cob borers of maize. …”
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Response of Imperata cylindrica to smothering by different Mucuna accessions by Ekeleme, F., Chikoye, David

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