Resultados de búsqueda - "Burkina Faso"

Dependence of riparian communities on ecosystem services in northern Ghana por Mul, Marloes L., Pettinotti, L., Amonoo, Naana Adwoa, Bekoe-Obeng, E., Obuobie, Emmanuel

“…Moreover, the Bagré Dam in Burkina Faso, built upstream of the communities, has impacted the natural river flow. …”
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Horizontal resistance: core to a research breakthrough to combat Striga in Africa por Kim, S.K.

“…Multilocation testing and subsequent seed multiplication of the resistant varieties was carried out by national programmes in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo. …”
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Workshop for annual review of Building Resilient Agro-sylvopastoral Systems in West Africa through Participatory Action Research (BRAS-PAR) Project and planning “Partnerships for S... por Ky-Dembélé, Catherine, Bayala, Jules

“…Building Resilient Agro-sylvo-pastoral Systems in West Africa through Participatory Action Research (BRAS-PAR) is a CCAFS Flagship 2 funded four year (2015-2018) project coordinated by the World Agroforestry (ICRAF) and implemented in collaboration with partners namely national agricultural research institutions (INERA in Burkina Faso, SARI in Ghana, INRAN in Niger and ISRA in Senegal) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN in Burkina Faso). …”
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On-farm management of agricultural biodiversity in Vietnam: Proceedings of a symposium, 6-12 December 2001, Hanoi, Vietnam por Tuan, H.D., Hue, N.N., Sthapit, B.R., Jarvis, Devra I., International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

“…Nine countries, namely Burkina Faso, Hungary, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Peru, Turkey, Vietnam and Ethiopia participate in this project. …”
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ESRC-DFID Research for policy and practice: water security por Bioversity International

“…Experiences of managing reservoirs in Burkina Faso identifies the challenges and conflicts facing user groups. …”
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Games as boundary objects: Charting trade-offs in sustainable livestock transformation por Morris, J., Ensor, J.E., Pfeifer, Catherine, Marchant, R., Mulatu, D., Soka, G., Ouédraogo-Koné, S., Wakeyo, M.B., Topi, C.

“…We investigate the potential of structured boundary objects to facilitate exposing and reconciling these trade-offs within the context of multi-stakeholder social learning processes with pastoral and mixed crop-livestock communities in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and Tanzania. Building on boundary objects as items flexible enough to be understood by all without having one common definition, structured boundary objects visualize actors’ input in a comparable format to facilitate knowledge sharing. …”
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Spatial and temporal dynamics of croplands in expanding West African cities por Karg, H., Drechsel, Pay, Dittrich, N., Cauchois, A.

“…Cities studied were Accra (Ghana), Bamako (Mali), Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), and Bamenda (Cameroon). Methodology involved multi-temporal spatial analysis of satellite images and farmer surveys. …”
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Regenerated trees in farmers’ fields increase soil carbon across the Sahel por Bayala, Jules, Sanou, J., Bazié, H.R., Coe, R., Kalinganire, A., Sinclair, Fergus L.

“…We sampled soil using a concentric zone design around individual trees of dominant species and at different soil depths (0–10, 10–30, 30–50 and 50–70 cm) in four Sahelian countries: Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Senegal. The results showed increase total carbon content of the top 0–10 cm soil, generally with high sand content (> 70%), ranged from 0.16 to 0.44% (mean 0.23%). …”
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Genetic improvement of local cattle breeds in West Africa: A review of breeding programs por Ouédraogo, D., Soudré, A., Yougbaré, B., Ouédraogo-Koné, S., Zoma‑Traoré, B., Khayatzadeh, N., Traoré, A., Sanou, M., Mészáros, Gábor, Burger, P.A., Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Wurzinger, Maria, Sölkner, J.

“…This review describes cattle breeding experiences across West Africa, spanning the N’Dama breed in Mali, Senegal, and The Gambia to the breeds Azawak Zebu, Fulani Zebu, and taurine Baoulé in Burkina Faso. The main objectives of most breeding programs have been to optimize meat and milk performance of taurine and Zebu cattle as well as trypanotolerance of taurine cattle. …”
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Transforming Food Systems in Africa under Climate Change Pressure: Role of Climate-Smart Agriculture por Zougmoré, Robert B., Läderach, Peter R.D., Campbell, Bruce M.

“…We followed an integrative review approach based on selected concrete example-experiences from ground-implemented projects across Africa (Ghana, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, in West Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania in East Africa). …”
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Nematode infestation and N-effect of legumes on soil and crop yelds in legume-sorghum rotations por Bado, V., Sawadogo, A., Thio, B., Bationo, A., Traoré, K., Cescas, M.

“…The effects of cowpea (Vignaunguiculata) andgroundnut (Arachis hypogea) on succeedingsorghum yields, soil mineral N and nematode infestation were studied during five cropping seasons (2000 to 2004) in a weakly acid Ultisol ofthe agronomy research station of Farakô-Ba located in the Guinean zone of Burkina Faso, WestAfrica. A factorial 5 × 5 design of five crop rotations with five fertilizer treatments in a split-plotarrangement with four replications was used.Sorghum yields were affected by the two factors(rotation with legumes and fertilizer applications)during the four years. …”
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Wheat farmers in Sudan record increased yields after adoption of proven technologies: TAAT news Vol. 1 por Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation

“…In this issue: Wheat Farmers in Sudan record increased yields after the adoption of proven technologies TAAT Compacts hold 2019 Joint Inception Planning Meeting for the Benin Republic Integrate TAAT Into National Agriculture Programmes – Experts TAAT Scales out Knowledge of HQCF for Bread and Pastries in Togo 2019 International Women’s Day: TAAT throws Spotlight on a Rice Processor Amazon in Africa TAAT, ACAI collaborate to deliver improved technologies to Cassava Farmers TAAT holds an annual review meeting Fish drying Technology transforms the Zambian community Wheat farmers in Nigeria embrace smart irrigation practices AfDB Vice President hails Youth Engagement in Agribusiness TAAT Partners with Ghanaian College on Scaling out OFSP Triple S Technology Fortenza TM Duo shows it has more to offer Farmers than reduced FAW Leaf Feeding New irrigation technologies intensify rice production in Mali and Burkina Faso TAAT’s Footprints in Africa.…”
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Seeding African forest and landscape restoration: Evaluating native tree seed systems in four African countries por Giacomini, Fiona L., Prempeh, John A., Jalonen, Riina, Vinceti, Barbara, Ekue, Marius, Bosshard, Ennia, Burslem, David F. R. P., Kettle, Christopher J.

“…We evaluated the native tree seed supply systems in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, and Kenya, four countries with large commitments to increase tree cover. …”
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Emerging ecological trends in West Africa: implications on soil organic matter and other soil quality indicators por Mesele, S.A., Ocansey, C.M., Bougma, A., Azeez, J.O., Ajiboye, G.A., Logah , V., Compaore, H., Veenendaal, E.M., Lloyd, J.

“…Methods We evaluated soil organic matter (SOM) and other soil quality indicators such as macro- and micronutrients (including the absence of some hazardous trace metals) using standard methodologies across 11 settlements in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Nigeria. The degree of soil quality improvement/degradation and soil quality were assessed using empirical models. …”
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Toward gender equality: A critical assessment of evidence on social safety nets in Africa por Peterman, Amber, Kumar, Neha, Pereira, Audrey, Gilligan, Daniel O.

“…By 2017, every country on the continent had at least 1 SSN, with the number ranging from 2 (Republic of the Congo and Gabon) to 56 (Burkina Faso), and the average country having 15 (Beegle, Coudouel, and Monsalve 2018).…”
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Institutional limits to land governance reform: Federal-state dynamics in Nigeria por Resnick, Danielle, Okumo, Austen

“…These include rural land use plans in some francophone countries (e.g., Benin, Burkina Faso, and Côte d’Ivoire), systematic land tenure regularization (Ethio-pia, Madagascar, Rwanda), and communal land demarcation and registration (e.g., Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania) (see Byamugisha 2013).…”
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Transition framework for neglected and underutilized crop species por El Bilali, Hamid, Cardone, Gianluigi, Rokka, Susanna, De Falcis, Eleonora, Naino Jika, Abdel Kader, Diawara, Ali Badara, Nouhou, Bassirou

“…This work was carried out within the project SUSTLIVES (Sustaining and improving local crop patrimony in Burkina Faso and Niger for better lives and ecosystems). …”
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Staff aging and turnover in african agricultural research: a case study on the agricultural research council and faculties of natural and agricultural sciences and veterinary scien... por Liebenberg, Frikkie

“…As part of a series of case studies (including Burkina Faso, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, and Zambia) that assessed the status of and trends in human resource capacity, this study focused on staffing at the South African Agricultural Research Council (ARC) and the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (FNAS&FVS) and Faculty of Veterinary Sciences (FVS) of the University of Pretoria (UP) during 2001-10. …”
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Spatial aspects of the design and targeting of agricultural development strategies por Wood, Stanley, Sebastian, Kate, Nachtergaele, Freddy, Nielsen, Daniel, Dai, Aiguo

“…The paper includes appropriate examples of spatial analysis using data from East Africa and Burkina Faso, and concludes with an appendix describing and interpreting regional climate and soil data for Sub-Saharan Africa that was directly relevant to our original goal.…”
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CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology, Kenya, 2022-2024. End of initiative key messages por Awiti, Alex, Fuchs, Lisa Elena, Nyawira, Sylvia, Chege, Christine G. Kiria, Guettou Djurfeldt, Nadia, Kuria, Anne

“…By testing approaches in so-called agroecological living landscapes (ALLs) in Burkina Faso, India, Kenya, Lao PDR, Peru, Senegal, Tunisia and Zimbabwe, the AE-I aimed to identify, test, and demonstrate replicable transition models for FLW systems in low and middle-income countries, driving large-scale transformation across the Global South. …”
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