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Mainstreaming Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) and Climate Information Service (CIS) into Universities’ Curricula: Capacity Building of Stakeholders on Three Thematic Modules in Wes... by Amponsah, William, Agyare, Wilson Agyei, Sorho, Fatogoma, Lamptey, Benjamin, Segnon, Alcade Christel, Zougmore, Robert Bellarmin, Kone, Daouda

“…This report elaborate on training workshops organised in Ghana, Mali and Burkina Faso, discussing the key observations, lessons learnt and relevant recommendations. …”
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Etude des politiques relatives aux stratégies de gestion de la chimiorésistance dans le cadre de la lutte contre la trypanosomose en Afrique de l'Ouest: cas du Mali by Affognon, Hippolyte D., Coulibaly, Mamadou B., Diall, O., Grace, Delia, Randolph, Thomas F., Waibel, H.

“…Le projet est réalisé au Burkina Faso, au Mali et en Guinée par l’lnstitut International de Recherche sur l’Elevage (lLRl) en collaboration avec d’autres organisations. …”
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Assessment of sustainable land management and food security among climatic shocks’ exposed to African farmers by Oyekale AS

“…Five sites were randomly selected from East Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda), while in West Africa, five sites were each selected from Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Niger and Senegal. A total of 1398 farm households were sampled from the two sub-regions using structured questionnaire. …”
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Genetic architecture of delayed senescence, biomass, and grain yield under drought stress in cowpea by Muchero, W., Roberts, P.A., Diop, N., Drabo, I., Cisse, N., Close, T.J., Muranaka, S., Boukar, O., Ehlers, J.D.

“…In this study we sought to identify QTLs in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) consistent across experiments conducted in Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Senegal, and the United States of America under limited water conditions. …”
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Soil organic carbon stocks in semi-arid West African drylands: implications for climate change adaptation and mitigation by Tondoh, Jérôme E., Ouédraogo, Issa, Bayala, Jules, Tamene, Lulseged D., Sila, Andrew M., Vågen, Tor-Gunnar, Kalinganiré, Antoine

“…In this study, the Land Degradation Surveillance Framework (LDSF), a nested hierarchical sampling design was used to assess SOC stock and its spatial variability across the semi-arid zones of Ghana (Lambussie), Burkina Faso (Bondigui) and Mali (Finkolo). Soil samples were collected from three sites of 100 km2 stratified into 16 clusters and 160 plots and thereafter soil parameters were then analyzed using MIR spectroscopy. …”
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Prioritizing climate-smart agriculture practices in Western Kenya. by Mwongera, Caroline, Mwungu, Chris Miyinzi, Kinyua, Ivy Wambui, Karanja Ng'ang'a, Stanley

“…This project aims to encourage sustainable approaches to promote soil protection and rehabilitation of degraded soil in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, India and Kenya. It also supports policy development for soil rehabilitation, soil information, and extension systems. …”
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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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Guide methodologique: Méthode communautaire participative d’inventaire et de priorisation des technologies / pratiques d’agriculture élevage-agroforesterie climato-intelligentes by Bayala, Jules, Ayantunde, Augustine A., Somda, Jacques, Ky-Dembélé, Catherine, Bationo, B. André, Sanogo, Diaminatou, Tougiani, Abasse, Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…Pilotépar l’ICRAFWCA/Sahel, le projet BRAS- PAR est mis en œuvre au Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger et Seń eǵ al par un consortium d’institutions nationales de recherche (INERA, SARI, INRAN et ISRA), IUCN et ILRI.…”
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First report of Rice stripe necrosis virus infecting rice in Sierra Leone by Tucker, M.J., Celli, Marcos Giovani, Conteh, A.B., Taylor, D.R., Hébrard, E., Poulicard, N.

“…Recently, RSNV was identified for the first time in several African countries including Burkina Faso (Sérémé et al., 6), Benin (Oludare et al., 5) and Mali (Decroës et al., 1) suggesting a re-emergence of the virus in Africa.…”
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Recent advances in the understanding of Xanthomonas citri ssp. citri pathogenesis and citrus canker disease management by Ference, Christopher M., Gochez, Alberto Martin, Behlau, Franklin, Wang, Nian, Graham, James H., Jones, Jeffrey B.

“…Localized incidence in the USA, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Tanzania, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Bangladesh. …”
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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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Attribution of country level foodborne disease to food group and food types in three African countries: Conclusions from a structured expert judgment study by Sapp, A.C., Amaya, M.P., Havelaar, A.H., Nane, G.F.

“…Objective We present attribution estimates for foodborne pathogens (Campylobacter spp., enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC), Shiga-toxin producing E. coli, nontyphoidal Salmonella enterica, Cryptosporidium spp., Brucella spp., and Mycobacterium bovis) in three African countries (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Rwanda) to support risk assessment and cost-benefit analysis in three projects aimed at increasing safety of beef, dairy, poultry meat and vegetables in these countries. …”
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Epidemiology and control of cattle trypanosomosis in villages under risk of trypanocide resistance in West Africa. by Grace, Delia

“…A study was carried out in the cotton zone of west Africa (south west Burkina Faso, south Mali and north east Guinea) to: firstly, characterise trypanosomosis control and epidemiology in villages with presence or risk of drug resistance; secondly develop, test, and evaluate best-bet strategies for the control of trypanosomosis in the presence/risk of drug resistance; thirdly, model the dynamics of trypanocide resistance. …”
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bEcon 4 Africa: An overview of the literature on the economic assessment of GE crops in the continent, 1996-2016 by Zambrano, Patricia, Paul, Namita, Chambers, Judith A., Falck-Zepeda, José B., Hanson, Hillary

“…Today, even after the commercialization of insect resistant crops in Burkina Faso, Egypt, and Sudan, and the recent approval for commercialization of insect resistant cotton in Nigeria and Ethiopia, South Africa continues to be the most represented country in the literature and is the focus of 30 of the 72 publications. …”
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Defining a target population of environments in Africa for Brachiaria sp. and Guinea grass breeding by Mora, Brayan, Jauregui, Rosa Noemi, Llanos Herrera, Lizeth, Peters, Michael, Van Der Hoek, Rein, Notenbaert, An

“…For this, a spatially- explicit environmental characterisation and cluster analysis was conducted in Southeast Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini and South-Africa) and West Africa (Senegal, Mali, Ghana and Burkina Faso). The defined TPE in Africa, were used as reference to conduct an analysis of similarity in Colombia to identify potential areas with similar edaphoclimatic conditions. …”
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Improving rice yield and water productivity in dry climatic zones of West Africa: Season-specific strategies by Johnson, J.M., Becker, M., Dossou-Yovo, Elliott Ronald, Saito, Kazuki

“…Methods: We monitored 203 and 192 smallholder farmers’ fields in the wet and dry seasons, respectively, in four contrasting irrigation schemes in Burkina Faso from 2018 to 2020 and assessed key performance indicators (grain yield, water productivity, and nutrient use efficiency). …”
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Hydrological parametrization through remote sensing in the Volta Basin West Africa by Hafeez, M., Andreini, Marc, Liebe, Jens R., Friesen, J., Marx, A., Giesen, Nick van de

“…Ground-based hydrological data collection tends to be difficult and costly, especially in developing countries such as Ghana and Burkina Faso where the infrastructure for scientific monitoring is limited. …”
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Strategic plan of the IFPRI program on fragile and conflict-affected food systems (FCAS): 2026-2029 by Kosec, Katrina, Ambler, Kate, Abay, Kibrom, Carrillo, Lucia, Gilligan, Dan

“…Through long-standing engagement in countries such as Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Sudan, Papua New Guinea, Somalia, and Yemen, the Program supports governments, UN agencies, International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs), and local NGOs to strengthen food systems in fragile contexts and improve outcomes for crisis-affected children, women, households, and communities. …”
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Africa-Wide Capacity-Building Workshop on Strengthening Rice Seed Networks by NDindeng, S.A., Bah, S., Willem, J., van Casteren, A., Tang, E., Ndung’u, J., Kittika, M., Wakilongo, N.J.

“…Case studies from Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria, Egypt, Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, and Côte d’Ivoire highlighted diverse governance models, best practices, and systemic weaknesses such as poor institutionalization, corruption risks, and rigid governance structures. …”
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