Search Results - "Burkina Faso"

Spatiotemporal land use changes dynamics impacts on natural reserves in West African dryland: Drivers, carbon emissions and climate change implications by Kiribou, Issaka Abdou Razakou, Dimobe, Kangbéni, Sanou, Charles Lamoussa, Workeneh, Sintayehu Dejene

“…From 2000 to 2022, 6.64 % of protected areas were converted, with the highest rates in the Gambia and Mauritania. Burkina Faso and Senegal emerged as carbon emission hotspots. …”
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A systematic review of land - and water-management technologies for resilient agriculture in the Sahel: insights from climate analogues in Sub-Saharan Africa by Nguru, Wilson, Ouedraogo, Issa, Muriithi, Cyrus, Karanja, Stanley, Kinyua, Michael, Nduah, Alex

“…Terracing and tied-ridging were also linked to higher water-use efficiency, with tied-ridging increasing soil moisture by 13%. Burkina Faso, Kenya, and Malawi lead in adoption and diversity, whereas Senegal lags due to institutional gaps, limited funding, and weak extension systems. …”
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Characterisation and validation of farmers’ knowledge and practice of cattle trypanosomosis management in the cotton zone of West Africa by Grace, Delia, Randolph, Thomas F., Affognon, Hippolyte D., Dramane, D., Diall, O., Clausen, Peter-Henning

“…We carried out a knowledge, attitude, practice (KAP) survey on how farmers (n = 895) manage cattle trypanosomosis in Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea. Most farmers (96%) recognised the common signs of trypanosomosis, 70% knew the role of tsetse flies in transmitting the disease and 96% had knowledge of drugs used for treatment. …”
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Development aid and access to water and sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa by Salami, A., Stampini, M., Kamara, A., Sullivan, C., Namara, Regassa E.

“…These analyses were further validated by presentation of the WSS sector situation of four case study countries namely, Kenya, Madagascar, Burkina Faso and Uganda.…”
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Rice and irrigation in West Africa: achieving food security with agricultural water management strategies by Katic, Pamela G., Namara, Regassa E., Hope, Lesley, Owusu, E., Fujii, H.

“…We present the results from a Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM) on rice production in Ghana, Burkina Faso and Niger and under three water management systems: irrigation (public scheme), supplemented rain-fed (rainfall aided by autonomously-sourced water supplies) and purely rain-fed. …”
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Intensity cultivation induced effect on soil organic carbon dynamic in the western cotton area of Burkuna Faso by Ouattara, B, Ouattara, K., Serpantie, G., Mando, A., Sedogo, MP, Bationo, B. André

“…In the western part of Burkina Faso, the land use is mostly linked to cotton-based cropping systems. …”
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Contrasting evolution of diversity at two disease-associated chicken genes by Downing, T., Lynn, D.J., Connell, S., Lloyd, A.T., Bhuiyan, A.K.F.H., Silva, P., Naqvi, A.N., Sanfo, R., Sow, R.S., Overseas Development Institute, O'Farrelly, C.O., Hanotte, Olivier H., Bradley, D.G.

“…Two genes involved in the immune response (interferon-γ and interleukin 1-β) were selected for sequencing in diverse chicken populations from Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Kenya, Senegal, Burkina Faso and Botswana, as well as six outgroup samples (grey, green, red and Ceylon jungle fowl and grey francolin and bamboo partridge). …”
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Improving the productivity of crop-livestock systems under trypanosomosis risk in West Africa: Potentials and opportunities in the next decade by Kamuanga, M., D'Ieteren, G.D.M., Tano, K., Mugalla, C., Pokou, K., Swallow, B.M.

“…Between 1994 and 1999, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in partnership with national research systems and regional institutions undertook socio-economic research at the farm, community and market levels at several sites in Burkina Faso, C6te d'Ivoire and The Gambia. This research has provided knowledge of the factors affecting adoption of animal disease control techniques and approaches to evaluate the impacts and sustainability of improved strategies and techniques for livestock production under varying trypanosomosis risk. …”
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Ghana [In West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis] by Nutsukpo, Delali Kofi, Jalloh, Abdulai, Zougmoré, Robert B., Nelson, Gerald C., Thomas, Timothy S.

“…The country shares bor¬ders in the east with Togo, in the north with Burkina Faso, and in the west with Côte d’Ivoire. The topography of Ghana is mainly undulating, with most slopes less than 5 percent and many not exceeding 1 percent. …”
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Nutrient recycling from organic wastes through viable business models in peri-urban areas in Sub-Saharan Africa by Danso, George K., Drechsel, Pay

“…Experiences of existing compost stations from Nigeria, Benin, Mali, Burkina Faso and Togo were taken into consideration to formulate the research framework. …”
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UrbanFoodplus – African-German Partnership to enhance resource use efficiency in urban and peri-urban agriculture for improved food security in West African cities by Buerkert, Andreas, Marschner, B., Steiner, C., Schlecht, Eva, Wichern, M., Schareika, N., Lowenstein, W., Drescher, A.W., Glaser, R., Kranjac-Berisavljevic, Gordana, Gnankambary, Z., Drechsel, Pay, Jean-Pascal Lompo, D.

“…These directly address the above mentioned knowledge gaps in the fourWest African cities of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), Tamale (Ghana), Bamako (Mali), and Bamenda (Cameroon). …”
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Improving livestock productivity: Assessment of feed resources and livestock management practices in Sudan-Savanna zones of West Africa by Ayantunde, Augustine A., Amole, Tunde A.

“…Evaluation of existing and potential feed resources was conducted in Orodora district in the Southern region of Burkina Faso using Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST). The assessment was carried out through focus group discussions and individual interviews in Mahon and Sayaga communities in Orodara district. …”
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Markets and climate are driving rapid change in farming practices in Savannah West Africa by Ouédraogo, Mathieu, Zougmoré, Robert B., Moussa, Abdoulaye S., Partey, Samuel T., Thornton, Philip K., Kristjanson, Patricia M., Badiane Ndour, Ndèye Yacine, Somé, Léopold, Naab, Jesse B., Boureima, Moussa, Diakite, L., Quirós, Carlos F.

“…To contribute to such efforts, this paper analyzes drivers of change in farming practices in the region using data obtained from surveys of 700 farming households in five countries (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Niger and Senegal). The results showed that farmers have adopted various practices in response to the challenges they have faced during the last decade. …”
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Characterization of trypanosoma congolense stocks from the West and East African regions using molecular karyotyping. by Waihenya, R.

“…Trypanosoma congolense stocks from West Africa (Gambia, Burkina Faso and Nigeria) and East Africa (Kenya and Uganda) were grown and cloned in irradiated mice. …”
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Comparison of pathogenicity of geographically separate populations of Scutelllonema bradys on yam (Dioscorea spp.) in West Africa by Coyne, Danny L., Williamson, V., Tchabi, A., Baimey, H., Rotifa, I.

“…In addition, geographically separated populations, two each from Benin, Burkina Faso, Côted’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria and Togo, were compared in pot assays in Benin between 2003 and 2004. …”
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Effects of local institutions on the adoption of agroforestry innovations: Evidence of farmer managed natural regeneration and its implications for rural livelihoods in the Sahel by Binam, Joachim N., Place, Frank, Djalal, A.A., Kalinganire, A.

“…The propensity score with continuous treatments was used to assess the effects of a set of covariates on FMNR as well as the impacts of that practice on income, cereal production and caloric intake using data collected from 1,080 rural households in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Senegal. This study demonstrated that regeneration of trees on farms, whereby farmers play an active role in the types of trees and their densities, is important as a practice and safety-net by providing cash income, caloric intake and diet, and crops supplements throughout dryland areas of West Africa. …”
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Evaluation of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for the competitiveness analysis of selected indigenous cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) Bradyrhizobium strains from Kenya by Ndungu, S.M., Messmer, M.M., Ziegle, D., Thuita, Moses N., Vanlauwe, Bernard, Frossard, Emmanuel, Thonar, C.

“…Two pot experiments were established consisting of 13 Bradyrhizobium strains; experiment 1 (11 Mbeere + CBA + BK1 from Burkina Faso), experiment 2 (12 Kilifi + CBA). Symbiotic effectiveness was assessed (shoot biomass, SPAD index and N uptake). …”
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Diversity for Restoration (D4R): guiding the selection of tree species and seed sources for climate-resilient restoration of tropical forest landscapes by Fremout, Tobias, Thomas, Evert, Taedoumg, Hermann, Briers, Siebe, Gutiérrez Miranda, Claudia Elena, Alcázar Caicedo, Carolina, Lindau, Antonia, Kpoumie, Hubert Mounmemi, Vinceti, Barbara, Kettle, Christopher J., Ekué, Marius, Atkinson, Rachel, Jalonen, Riina, Gaisberger, Hannes, Elliott, Stephen, Brechbühler, Esther, Ceccarelli, Viviana, Krishnan, Smitha, Vacik, Harald, Wiederkehr Guerra, Gabriela Patricia, Salgado-Negret, Beatriz, González, Mailyn Adriana, Ramírez, Wilson, Moscoso-Higuita, Luis Gonzalo, Vásquez, Álvaro, Cerrón, Jessica, Maycock, Colin, Muys, Bart

“…Originally developed for the tropical dry forests of Colombia, the tool has now been expanded to the tropical dry forests of northwestern Peru–southern Ecuador and the countries of Burkina Faso and Cameroon, and further expansion is underway. …”
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The economics of conserving agricultural biodiversity on-farm: Proceedings of a Workshop hosted by the Institute for Agrobotany (IA), Hungary and the International Plant Genetic Re... by Smale, Melinda, Már, I., Jarvis, Devra I., International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

“…This brief report presents a summary of the methods papers presented followed by reports of ongoing and planned studies in India, Nepal, Mexico, Burkina Faso, Morocco and Hungary. Economist partners from Peru also attended. …”
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Genomic analysis of selected maize landraces from Sahel and Coastal west Africa reveals their variability and potential for genetic enhancement by Nelimor, C., Badu-Apraku, Baffour, Garcia-Oliveira, A.L., Tetteh, A., Agre, P., N’guetta, A.S.P., Gedil, Melaku A

“…The overall goal of this study was to assess the genetic diversity and population structure of a maize panel of 208 accessions; comprising landrace gene pools from Burkina Faso (58), Ghana (43), and Togo (89), together with reference populations (18) from the maize improvement program of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). …”
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