Search Results - "Burkina Faso"

Report of the 4th workshop on the African opportunity crops working group under the SUSTLIVES project by Grazioli, Francesca, Otieno, Gloria, Mendonce, Sharon, Acasto, Filippo, El Bilali, Hamid

“…This report highlights the outcomes of a high-level workshop convened under the EU-funded SUSTLIVES project, which promotes the strategic use of neglected and underutilized species (NUS)—now repositioned as “opportunity crops”—to enhance food and nutrition security, support resilient livelihoods, and contribute to climate adaptation in Burkina Faso and Niger. The workshop was held on September 2 at the Axil Hotel in Dakar, Senegal. …”
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Evaluating humanitarian assistance for food security and resilience during the lean season in the Sahel pre-analysis plan by Gninafon, Horace, Kyle, Jordan, Ribar, Matthew, Roessler, Philip

“…This pre-analysis plan details the evaluation of a lean-season humanitarian assistance program implemented from July-September 2025 in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria. The intervention addresses acute food insecurity during the lean season, a period when food stocks are depleted and food prices peak. …”
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Capacitating the West African civil society organisations on climate finance mobilization by Hackman, O Kwame, Gandji, Kisito, Ouedraogo, Ramata, Segnon, Alcade Christel, Salack, Seyni, Zougmore, Robert Bellarmin

“…The workshop strategically included 4 experts from the National Designated Authorities (NDAs) and ministries of agriculture and environment from Benin and Burkina Faso, the targeted countries for the concept note development. …”
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Training of Trainers (ToT) on Policy Practices and Analysis to Support Implementation of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) and Climate Information Services (CIS) Course Module by Ekepu, David, Nakayiwa, Florence Mayega, Majaliwa, Jackson Gilbert Mwanjalolo, Murungweni, Chrispen, Bonou, Alice

“…The participants came from 27 countries including Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Hungary, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. …”
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Mapping of Sahelian vegetation parameters from ERS scatterometer data with an evolution strategies algorithm by Jarlan, L., Mazzega, P., Mougin, E., Lavenu, F., Marty, G., Frison, P.L., Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.

“…The algorithm is then applied to a 350,000 km2 area including the Malian Gourma and Seno region and a Sahelian part of Burkina Faso during two contrasted seasons (1999 and 2000). …”
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Consultation meeting with key stakeholders by Sawadogo, Seraphine, Balima, Mariam, Ouédraogo, Issa

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Optimal drug control under risk of drug resistance – The case of African animal trypanosomosis by Liebenehm, S., Bett, Bernard K., Verdugo, Cristobal, Said, Mohammed Yahya

“…This model allows for the evolution of drug-resistant trypanosomes through trypanocide misuse and simulates the observed behaviours of cattle farmers based on the elicited risk and time preferences of a sample of 202 cattle farmers in Mali and Burkina Faso. The results show that the private optimal mix of treatment strategies for a risk averse and patient farmer involves preventive treatment for susceptible cattle, supported by a small number of curative treatments for infected cattle. …”
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La co-conception en partenariat de systèmes agricoles innovants by Vall, Eric, Chia, Eduardo, Blanchard, Mélanie, Mahamoudou, Koutou, Coulibaly, Kalifa, Andrieu, Nadine

“…Cet article présente la démarche de conception en partenariat de systèmes agricoles innovants (CPSAI) élaborée entre 2005 et 2015 dans l’ouest du Burkina Faso, notamment sur la gestion de la fumure organique des cultures. …”
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Evaluating seasonal soil water dynamics using a simple soil water balance model in northern Ghana by Kadyampakeni, Davie M., Ellis, Tim, Sidibe, Yoro

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Methodological guide: Community participatory inventory and prioritization of climate-smart crop-livestock agroforestry technologies / practices by Bayala, Jules, Ayantunde, Augustine A., Somda, Jacques, Ky-Dembélé, Catherine, Bationo, B. André, Sanogo, Diaminatou, Tougiani, Abasse, Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…Led by ICRAF-WCA/Sahel, the BRAS-PAR project is being implemented by a consortium of National research institutes in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger and Senegal, IUCN, and ILRI.…”
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Innovation et promotion des chaînes de valeurs de produits agricoles locaux en Afrique by Centre Technique de Coopération Agricole et Rurale

“…Certains articles traitent des actions réalisées par des plates-formes ’innovation, à l’image de celles mises en place au Bénin dans la filière riz, ou au Burkina Faso dans la filière niébé. L’importance de ces plates-formes n’est plus à démontrer. …”
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Promising high-yielding tetraploid plantain-bred hybrids in west Africa by Tenkouano, A., Lamien, Niéyidouba, Agogbua, J., Amah, D., Swennen, Rony L., Traoré, S., Thiemele, D., Aby, N., Kobenan, K., Gnonhouri, G., Yao, N., Astin, G., Sawadogo-Kabore, S., Tarpaga, V., Issa, W., Lokossou, B., Adjanohoun, A., Amadji, G.L., Adangnitode, S., Igue, K.A.D., Ortíz, R.

“…In Côte d’Ivoire, plantain growers selected PITA 3 and FHIA 21 based on their improved agronomic characteristics and, between 2012 and 2016, they were massively propagated and distributed to farmers in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, and Togo under the West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program (WAAAP) coordinated by the West and Central Africa Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF). …”
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Assessment of genetic diversity for drought, heat and combined drought and heat stress tolerance in early maturing maize landraces by Nelimor, C., Badu-Apraku, Baffour, Tetteh, A.Y., N’guetta, A.S.

“…Thirty-three landraces from Burkina Faso (6), Ghana (6) and Togo (21), and three drought-tolerant populations/varieties from the Maize Improvement Program at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture were evaluated under three conditions, namely managed drought stress, heat stress and combined drought and heat stress, with optimal growing conditions as control, for two years. …”
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Small reservoirs, landscape changes and water quality in Sub-Saharan West Africa by Cecchi, P., Forkuor, G., Cofie, Olufunke O., Lalanne, F., Poussin, Jean-Christophe, Jamin, Jean-Yves

“…Our study documents the impacts of such changes on the water quality of SRs in Burkina Faso. Multi-temporal Landsat images were analyzed to determine LULC evolutions at various scales between 2002 and 2014. …”
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Men and women in rice farming in Africa: A cross-country investigation of labor and its determinants by Medagbe, F. M.K., Komatsu, S., Mujawamariya, Gaudiose

“…This paper comparatively investigates the role of women in rice farming across four countries (Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Madagascar, Sierra Leone) by examining the labor time distribution and its resulting income for men and women. …”
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Achievements and lessons learnt in promoting Climate-Smart Agriculture implementation in Ghana through Science-Policy dialogue platforms by Sam, Kingsley Odum, Botchway, Vincent Ansah, Karbo, Naaminong, Essegbey, George Owusu, Nutsukpo, Delali Kofi, Segnon, Alcade C, Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) in West Africa has since 2012 supported the creation of national multi-stakeholder platforms on climate-smart agriculture in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Niger and Senegal. The platforms were established to use scientific evidence in order to create awareness on climate change impacts on agriculture and make recommendations on the mainstreaming of climate change and CSA into agricultural development plans. …”
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Herbaceous seeds dominates the soil seed bank after long-term prescribed fire, grazing and selective tree cutting in savanna-woodlands of West Africa by Zida, D., Sanou, L., Diawara, S., Savadogo, P., Thiombiano, A.

“…Data were collected from two long-term factorial experiments established in 1992 in Burkina Faso to examine the long-term ecological effects of grazing, early fire, selective tree cutting on savanna-woodland ecosystem. …”
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Food flows and the roles of cities in West African food distribution networks by Karg, H., Bouscarat, J., Akoto-Danso, E. K., Heinrigs, P., Drechsel, Pay, Amprako, L., Buerkert, A.

“…The capital cities of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) and Bamako (Mali) relied more on lower-rank urban settlements further away, while Tamale, a secondary city in Ghana, acted as an assembly market for local rural producers and in turn supplied larger urban centers. …”
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Evaluating the performance of lateral flow devices for total aflatoxins with special emphasis on their robustness under sub-Saharan conditions by Cvak, B., Warth, B., Atehnkeng, J., Parich, A., Moritz, A., Sulyok, M., Krska, R.

“…Furthermore, the resulting measurements performed under harsh tropical conditions (up to 38.4 °C and 91% relative humidity) in SSA, specifically Burkina Faso and Mozambique, were compared with the results from a well-established and validated LC-MS/MS-based reference method. …”
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Agro-biodiversity in national pathways for food system transformation: case of West Africa by El Bilali, Hamid, Cardone, Gianluigi, Naino Jika, Abdel Kader, Falcis, Eleonora de, Rokka, Susanna, Diawara, Ali Badara, Nouhou, Bassirou, Ghine, Andrea

“…Some national documents (cf. Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria) refer to the promotion of the diversity of crops and farm animals as a means of adapting to climate change, improving livelihoods and diversifying diets thus contributing to nutrition security. …”
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