Search Results - "Ghana"

Combined application of inoculant, phosphorus and organic manure improves grain yield of cowpea by Ulzen, J., Abaidoo, Robert C., Ewusi-Mensah, N., Masso, C.

“…The study was conducted to determine the combined effect of P and organic manure on cowpea response to rhizobia in a factorial experiment arranged in randomized complete block design with three replications on smallholder farmers’ fields in northern Ghana in 2015. The factors were two levels of Bradyrhizobium inoculant, two levels of P fertilizer, three treatments of manure (fertisoil, cattle manure, and no manure). …”
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Pig characteristics, bio-physical and management aspects that influence rectal temperature in respect to heat stress by Zaake, Paul, Ouma, George O., Marshall, Karen, Ndambi, A., Notenbaert, An Maria Omer, Paul, Birthe K., Dione, Michel M.

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Influential actors and governance challenges in animal health service delivery in Mali by Dione, Michel M., Yena, A., Wieland, Barbara, Traoré, I., Kassambara, H., Sow, A., Fall, Abdou

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The genome landscape of African livestock adaptations to environmental challenges by Hanotte, Olivier H.

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Comparative analysis of climate change impact on livestock in relation with biomass feed availability using Standardized Precipitation Index in Southwestern Ethiopia by Guja, A.A., Mekasha, Yoseph, Kassa, H., Tana, T.

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Sowing legume seeds, reaping cash: a renaissance within communities in sub-Saharan Africa by Akpo, E., Ojiewo, Christopher Ochieng, Omoigui, L.O., Rubyogo, Jean-Claude, Varshney, Rajeev K.

“…It presents the experiences of a diversity of actors within the grain legume value chains, with a focus on groundnut and common beans in Tanzania and Uganda, groundnut and cowpea in Nigeria, and groundnut in Ghana. All actors involved shared their feeling of being part of decade-long development project families. …”
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Effects of ensiling cassava peels on some fermentation characteristics and growth performance of sheep on-farm by Niayale, R., Addah, W., Ayantunde, Augustine A.

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Does use of atoxigenic biocontrol products to mitigate aflatoxin in maize increase fumonisin content in grains? by Ortega Beltran, A., Agbetiameh, D., Atehnkeng, J., Falade, Titilayo D.O., Bandyopadhyay, R.

“…Over 200 maize samples from fields treated with atoxigenic biocontrol products in Nigeria and Ghana were examined for fumonisin content and contrasted with maize from untreated fields. …”
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Gender- and youth-sensitive data collection tools to support decision making for inclusive sustainable agricultural intensification by Grabowski, P.P., Djenontin, I., Zulu, L., Kamoto, J., Kampanje-Phiri, J., Darkwah, A., Egyir, I., Fischer, Gundula

“…We interviewed decision makers in Malawi and Ghana to understand their needs and practices for equityanalysis. …”
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Drivers of farmer-managed natural regeneration in the Sahel. Lessons for restoration by Lohbeck, M., Albers, P., Boels, L.E., Bongers, F., Morel, S., Sinclair, Fergus L., Takoutsing, B., Vågen, Tor-Gunnar, Winowiecki, Leigh Ann, Smith-Dumont, E.

“…Here we assess how human impact, land degradation and dispersal limitation affect structural and functional properties of regeneration across 316 plots in agroforestry parklands of Ghana and Burkina Faso. We found that intensity of land use (grazing and agricultural practices) and dispersal limitation inhibited regeneration, while land degradation did not. …”
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Collecting evidence of FLEGT-VPA impacts: Guyana country report by Leszczynska, N., Ploeg, L. van der, Goetghebuer, T., Newbery, J., Almeida, B., Cerutti, P.O.

“…This Guyana report is part of a series of seven country level studies (Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia and Republic of Congo) which intend to gather qualitative and quantitative evidence of the impacts of the Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade – Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA) process to date. …”
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Collecting evidence of FLEGT-VPA impacts: Honduras country report by Goetghebuer, T., Fourmy, R., Leszczynska, N., Almeida, B., Newbery, J., Cerutti, P.O.

“…This Honduras report is part of a series of seven country level studies (Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia and Republic of Congo) which intend to gather qualitative and quantitative evidence of the impacts of the Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade – Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA) process to date. …”
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Collecting evidence of FLEGT-VPA impacts: Republic of the Congo country report by Leszczynska, N., Tsanga, R., Goetghebuer, T., Newbery, J., Almeida, B., Cerutti, P.O.

“…This Republic of Congo report is part of a series of seven country level studies (Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia and Republic of Congo) which intend to gather qualitative and quantitative evidence of the impacts of the Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade – Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA) process to date. …”
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A systems thinking approach to understand the drivers of change in backyard poultry farming system by Aboah, Joshua, Enahoro, Dolapo K.

“…OBJECTIVE This paper seeks to understand how drivers of change in Ghana's backyard poultry farming system evolve within a calendar year and examine how different production strategies contribute to the incomes of farm households. …”
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A spatio-temporal dataset on food flows for four West African cities by Karg, H., Akoto-Danso, E. K., Amprako, L., Drechsel, Pay, Nyarko, G., Lompo, D.J.-P., Ndzerem, S., Sidibe, S., Hoschek, M., Buerkert, A.

“…To fill existing knowledge gaps in this area food flow data were collected in four West African cities - Bamako (Mali), Bamenda (Cameroon), Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), and Tamale (Ghana). The data cover, depending on the city, road, rail, boat, and air traffic. …”
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Shade tree species matter: sustainable cocoa-agroforestry management by Asitoakor, B.K., Rabild, A., Vaast, P., Ravn, H.P., Owusu, K., Mensah, E.O., Asare, R.

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Stories of change in nutrition from Africa and Asia: An introduction to a special series in food security by Gillespie, Stuart, Harris, Jody, Nisbett, Nicholas, van den Bold, Mara

“…This series presents a second wave of studies from six countries (Tanzania, Rwanda, Vietnam, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Nigeria,) and three Indian states (Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu). …”
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Are we done yet? Response fatigue and rural livelihoods by Ambler, Kate, Herskowitz, Sylvan, Maredia, Mywish K.

“…We test these hypotheses with an experiment in rural Ghana where we randomize individual household members’ position in the labor module. …”
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Blue food demand across geographic and temporal scales by Naylor, Rosamond L., Kishore, Avinash, Sumaila, U. Rashid, Issifu, Ibrahim, Hunter, Blaire P., Belton, Ben, Bush, Simon R.

“…Disaggregation by fish species group reveals distinct geographic patterns; for example, high consumption of freshwater fish in China and pelagic fish in Ghana and Peru where these fish are widely available, affordable, and traditionally eaten. …”
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Social protection for agriculture and resilience: Highlights, lessons learned, and priorities for One CGIAR by CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

“…PIM research on the impact of social protection programs and complementary interventions for agricultural growth and nutrition made significant contributions to research and policy, including through impact evaluations of national food and cash transfer programs (e.g., the Takaful and Karama Program in Egypt, the Productive Safety Net Program in Ethiopia, and the Programme de Filets Sociaux “Jigisemejiri” in Mali), pilot studies (in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Pakistan, Senegal, Tanzania, and Yemen), and papers and review studies covering many low- and middle-income countries. …”
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