Search Results - "Chad"

Agro-morphological variability of rice species collected from Niger by Sow, M, Sido, A., Laing, M., Ndjiondjop, M.N.

“…Many of the accessions, except those belonging to the wild O. barthii initially found around the Lake Chad region, were also collected along the Niger River. …”
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Disease risks for restoring endangered Sahelo-Saharan antelope: A literature review by Ellis, L., Yu, J.H., Mertes, K., Cox, S., Desamours, I., Abakar, M.F., Pesci, M.E., Sikli, L., Cook, Elizabeth A.J., Zimmerman, D.

“…Our review included countries with active conservation translocation initiatives for these species: Chad, Morocco, Senegal, and Tunisia. We found reports of 159 distinct infectious agents or parasites. …”
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Gender capacitation of extension and rural advisory services in West and Central Africa: the learning journey and outcomes by Maiga, Mariame, Gebremedhin, Bethel, Kpadonou, G Esaie, Ganyo, Komla Kyky, Dieng, Fatou, Segnon, Alcade Christel, Lamien, Nieyidouba, Zougmore, Robert Bellarmin

“…Main modules covered are (i) basic concepts in gender and agricultural extension services, (ii) methods and tools for conducting gender analysis in extension planning and (iii) approaches for mainstreaming gender in Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services. 23 participants (with 61% women) from Benin, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo who are directors or department heads of agricultural advisory and extension services from were capacitated and went back home with the promise to extend this knowledge to their pairs. …”
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Biological control of the cassava mealybug, Phenacoccus manihoti (Hom., Pseudococcidae) by Epidinocarsis lopezi (Hym., Encyrtidae) in West Africa, as influenced by climate and soil by Neuenschwander, Peter, Hammond, W., Ajuonu, O., Gado, A., Echendu, N., Bokonon-Ganta, A.H., Allomasso, R., Okon, I.

“…Seven years after the first release of E. lopezi, the entire area, with the exception of an isolated CM population near Lake Chad, had been colonized by the parasitoid. Within the area of distribution of E. lopezi, average CM populations were very low (1.6 CM per shoot tip), highest densities being found in the forest transition zone. …”
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“Stronger with breastmilk-only initiative” in 5 African countries: Case study on the implementation process and contribution to the enabling environment for breastfeeding by Michaud-Létourneau, Isabelle, Gayard, Marion, Wassef, Jacqueline, Likhite, Nathalie, Tharaney, Manisha, Kim, Sunny S., Menon, Purnima

“…Methods: This study was based on 2 assessments at the national level carried out in 5 countries (Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senegal, and Sierra Leone) using qualitative methods. …”
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Findings across agricultural public expenditure reviews in African countries by Mink, Stephen D.

“…It synthesizes evidence from 20 Agriculture Public Expenditure Reviews (Ag PERs) that have been carried out in countries in Africa South of the Saharan (Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Rwanda, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia) with World Bank assistance during 2009–2015. …”
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Unveiling hepatitis E virus diversity in Sudan's internally displaced populations: a molecular epidemiology approach by Osman, H.A., Bakr, W.M.K., Hashish, M.H., Elkhidir, I.M., Bedri, S., Oyola, Samuel O., Norder, H., El-Wahab, E.W.A.

“…The isolates clustered with reference strains from Chad and Nigeria, indicating regional circulation and genetic conservation of HEV-1e in sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Geographic distribution and frequency of a taurine B. Taurus and an indicine Bos indicus Y specific allele amongst sub-Saharan African cattle breeds by Hanotte, Olivier H., Tawah, C.L., Bradley, D.G., Okomo, M., Verjee, Y., Ochieng, J., Rege, J.E.O.

“…The Sanga cattle from the Lake Victoria region and the Kuri cattle of Lake Chad, cattle populations surrounded by Zebu breeds were, surprisingly, completely devoid of the indicine allele. …”
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Towards the atlas of human African trypanosomiasis by Cecchi, G., Paone, M., Franco, J.R., Fèvre, Eric M., Diarra, A., Ruíz, J.A.

“…Data from Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon from the year 2000 onwards were fully processed and the preliminary regional map of HAT distribution is presented.The use of GIS tools and geo-referenced, village-level epidemiological data allow the production of maps that substantially improve on the spatial quality of previous cartographic products of similar scope. …”
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Epidemiology of Taenia saginata taeniosis/cysticercosis: A systematic review of the distribution in West and Central Africa by Hendrickx, E., Thomas, Lian F., Dorny, P., Bobić, B., Braae, U.C., Devleesschauwer, Brecht, Eichenberger, R.M., Gabriël, S., Saratsis, A., Torgerson, Paul R., Robertson, L.J., Dermauw, Veronique

“…The presence of bovine cysticercosis was reported for Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Tristan da Cunha (14 out of 27 countries/territories). …”
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The evidence mapping of wasting programmes and their impact along the continuum of care for wasting in low- and middle-income countries: A rapid review protocol by Verstraeten, Roosmarijn, Touré, Mariama, Diatta, Dieynab, Huybregts, Lieven, Booth, Andrew, Becquey, Elodie

“…IRAM aims to generate evidence on wasting prevention and treatment interventions in four countries: Chad, Mauritania, Mali and Niger (multi-country partnership between UNICEF and IFPRI). …”
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Macro-economic models: how to spend Uganda’s expected oil revenues? A CGE analysis of the agricultural and poverty impacts of spending options by Wiebelt, Manfred, Pauw, Karl, Matovu, John Mary, Twimukye, Evarist, Benson, Todd

“…This is comparable to the level of oil reserves in African countries such as Chad (0.9 billion barrels), Republic of the Congo (1.9 billion barrels), and Equatorial Guinea (1.7 billion barrels) but far short of Angola (13.5 billion) and Nigeria (36.2 billion) (World Bank 2010). …”
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Sahel social cohesion research in Burkina Faso and Niger: Research Brief by Pul, Hippolyt, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Konde, Bernard B., Zogho, Donatus, Kuuchille, Emmanuel V., McCarthy, Nancy, Marivoet, Wim

“…In the Sahelian areas of Burkina Faso and Niger (as part of a broader regional program also covering Chad, Mali, and Mauritania), WFP promotes climate-resilient agricultural infrastructure and systems to help address issues of land degradation, deforestation, dwindling pasturelands, and depletion of water sources, which all trigger competition for productive resources and migration of people and livestock into better-resourced areas. …”
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Biofortified Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato Can Meaningfully Reduce the Burden of Vitamin A Deficiency by Lividini, K., Campos, Hugo, Heck, S., Birol, E., Hareau, G.

“…Results: Interventions scaling OFSP collectively had the potential to save up to 41% of DALYs in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), 23% of DALYs in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and 22% of DALYs in East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) as of 2019 at maximum scale. Ethiopia, Niger, Chad, Nigeria, and Madagascar had the potential to save the most DALYs in absolute terms (greater than 50,000 DALYs). …”
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International waters: Identifying basins at risk by Wolf, Aaron T., Yoffe, Shira B., Giordano, Mark

“…These basins include: the Ganges-Brahmaputra, Han, Incomati, Kunene, Kura-Araks, Lake Chad, La Plata, Lempa, Limpopo, Mekong, Ob (Ertis), Okavango, Orange, Salween, Senegal, Tumen and Zambezi.We then identify “red flags,” or markers related to these indicators, which might be monitored in the future. …”
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First report of Rice yellow mottle virus on rice in the Democratic Republic of Congo by Hubert, J.G., Pinel Galzi, A., Dibwe, D., Cinyabuguma, E., Kaboré, A., Fargette, D., Silué, D., Hébrard, E., Séré, Y.

“…Although the virus was detected in Cameroon, Chad, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and Uganda (2,3), RYMV has never been described in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). …”
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2009 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hunger by von Grebmer, Klaus, Nestorova, Bella, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Fertziger, Rebecca, Fritschel, Heidi, Pandya-Lorch, Rajul, Yohannes, Yisehac

“…The countries with the highest 2009 GHI scores are Burundi, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Sierra Leone. …”
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Comparisons of hunger across states: India State Hunger Index by Menon, Purnima, Deolalikar, Anil B., Bhaskar, Anjor

“…For instance, Bihar and Jharkhand rank lower than Zimbabwe and Haiti, whereas Madhya Pradesh falls between Ethiopia and Chad. Our analysis of the associations between the ISHI 2008 and state economic indicators shows that the relationship between poverty and hunger is largely as expected—greater ISHI 2008 scores are seen in poorer states, with a few exceptions. …”
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Establishment of optimum plant densities for dry season sorghum grown on Vertisols in the semiarid zones of Cameroon by Carsky, R.J., Ndikawa, R., Singh, L.

“…Dry season transplanted sorghum is grown on Vertisols in the Lake Chad Basin at approximately 10,000 plants ha-1. Increasing plant density was hypothesised to be one way of increasing yields in this cropping system. …”
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2010 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hunger by von Grebmer, Klaus, Ruel, Marie T., Menon, Purnima, Nestorova, Bella, Olofinbiyi, Tolulope, Fritschel, Heidi, Yohannes, Yisehac, von Oppeln, Constanze, Towey, Olive, Golden, Kate, Thompson, Jennifer

“…The countries with “extremely alarming” 2010 GHI scores – Burundi, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Eritrea – are in Sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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