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On-farm performance testing of tropically adaptable chicken strains under small holder management in three countries of sub-Saharan Africa by Abegaz, Solomon, Esatu, Wondmeneh, Assefa, G., Goromela, E.H., Sonaiya, Emmanuel B., Mbaga, S.H., Adebambo, Ayotunde Olufunmilayo, Bamidele, O., Negawo, Alemayehu T., Bruno, J., Poole, Elizabeth J., Getachew, Fasil, Kasaye, H., Dessie, Tadelle

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The use of antimicrobials to boost livestock productivity at Ugandan piggery and poultry farms and implications for public health by Ndoboli, D., Lukuyu, Ben A., Wieland, Barbara, Grace, Delia, Roesel, Kristina

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Interseeding timing of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) living mulch on weed diversity, physical soil properties and performance of maize (Zea mays L.) by Berdjour, A.

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Biomass production and N fixation of five Mucuna pruriens varieties and their effect on maize yields in the forest zone of Cameroon by Hauser, S., Nolte, C.

“…The grain yield of maize grown immediately after the short mucuna fallow was significantly higher after mucuna vars. jaspaeda (4.60 Mg ha—1), utilis (3.49 Mg ha—1), and cochinchinensis (3.44 Mg ha—1), compared with a non‐fertilized control (1.93 Mg ha—1) which had a maize crop and vegetation regrowth before. After mucuna vars. ghana and veracruz, 2.90 and 2.65 Mg ha—1 of maize grain were produced, respectively. …”
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Better before worse trajectories in food systems? An investigation of synergies and trade-offs through climate-smart agriculture and system dynamics by Jagustović, Renata, Papachristos, George, Zougmoré, Robert B., Kotir, Julius H, Kessler, Aad, Ouédraogo, Mathieu, Ritsema, Coen J., Dittmer, Kyle M

“…OBJECTIVE Our study aims to inform the sustainable transformation of food systems by identifying short- and long-term synergies and trade-offs in the climate-smart village (CSV) Lawra-Jirapa in northern Ghana under the current practices, technologies, policies, and trends of population growth, extreme events, and climate change impacts. …”
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Nutritional quality, digestibility and growth performance of sheep fed fodder obtained from early-or-late-maturing groundnuts cultivars by Asare-Agyapong, E., Abdul Rahman, Nurudeen, Addah, W., Ayantunde, Augustine A.

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Les impacts de l’APV-FLEGT au Cameroun by Cerutti, P.O., Tsanga, R., Goetghebuer, T., Leszczynska, N., Newbery, J., Almeida, B., Breyne, J., Tabi, P.

“…Ce rapport de Cameroun fait partie d’une série de sept études nationales (Cameroun, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guyane, Honduras, Indonésie et République du Congo) qui visent à rassembler des preuves qualitatives et quantitatives des impacts du processus FLEGT-APV à ce jour. …”
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Les impacts de l’APV-FLEGT en Côte d’Ivoire by Tsanga, R., Goetghebuer, T., Leszczynska, N., Berrada, K., Almeida, B., Newbery, J., Cerutti, P.O.

“…Ce rapport de Côte d’Ivoire fait partie d’une série de sept études nationales (Cameroun, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guyane, Honduras, Indonésie et République du Congo) qui visent à rassembler des preuves qualitatives et quantitatives des impacts du processus FLEGT-APV à ce jour. …”
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Les impacts de l’APV-FLEGT dans la République du Congo by Leszczynska, N., Tsanga, R., Goetghebuer, T., Newbery, J., Almeida, B., Cerutti, P.O.

“…Ce rapport de la République du Congo fait partie d’une série de sept études nationales (Cameroun, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guyane, Honduras, Indonésie et République du Congo) qui visent à rassembler des preuves qualitatives et quantitatives des impacts du processus FLEGT-APV à ce jour. …”
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Opportunities for orphan crops: Expected economic benefits from biotechnology by Zambrano, Patricia, Wood-Sichra, Ulrike, Ruhinduka, Remidius D., Phillip, Dayo, Nin-Pratt, Alejandro, Komen, John, Kikulwe, Enoch Mutebi, Falck-Zepeda, José B., Dzanku, Fred M., Chambers, Judith A.

“…This paper focuses on case studies involving insect-resistant cowpea in Nigeria and Ghana; disease-resistant cassava in Uganda and Tanzania; and disease-resistant banana in Uganda. …”
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Country-specific challenges to improving effectiveness, scalability and sustainability of agricultural climate services in Africa by Hansen, James, Born, Lorna, Dossou-Yovo, Elliott Ronald, Mwongera, Caroline, Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan, Tahidu, Osman, Whitbread, Anthony M., Solomon, Dawit, Zougmoré, Robert B., Zebiak, Stephen E., Dinku, Tufa, Grossi, Amanda

“…In the context of six countries (Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Senegal, Zambia), this paper addresses the need to consider differing national contexts when developing strategies to make agricultural climate services in sub-Saharan Africa more effective, scalable and sustainable. …”
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ADT: The automatic weather station data tool by Faniriantsoa, Rija, Dinku, Tufa

“…Now implemented in five African countries (Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, and Zambia), ADT also enables real-time monitoring of stations to see which ones are working and which ones are offline. …”
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Seizing opportunity towards sustainable rice cultivation in sub-Saharan Africa by Ibrahim, A., Saito, Kazuki, Kokou, A., Johnson, J.-M., Diagne, M., Fagnombo, D.J., Felix, F., Sylvia, B.O., Martial, H.

“…Data were collected from 2,060 farmers in irrigated lowland (IL), rainfed lowland (RL), and rainfed upland (RU) rice production systems across two agroecological zones (semi-arid and subhumid) in the 2018/19 wet season at 18 sites in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, and Tanzania. Average yields were 4,952, 2,988, and 1,816 kg ha−1 in IL, RL, and RU. …”
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How perspectives on food safety of vendors and consumers translate into food choice behaviors in six African and Asian countries by Isanovic, S., Constantinides, S.V., Frongillo, Edward A., Bhandari, S., Samin, S., Kenney, E., Wertheim-Heck, Sigrid C.O., Nordhagen, S., Holdsworth, M., Domínguez-Salas, Paula, Ambikapathi, R., Laar, A., Patil, C.L., Kulkarni, B., Bukachi, S.A., Ngutu, M., Blake, C.E.

“…Methods Six Drivers of Food Choice projects (2016-2022) provided transcripts from 17 focus group discussions and 343 interviews in Ghana, Guinea, India, Kenya, Tanzania, and Vietnam. …”
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Scoping Study on Existing CIS and CSA Relevant Units and Engagements in Selected RUFORUM-member Zimbabwean Universities by Poshiwa, Xavier, Murungweni, Chrispen, Mudzengi, Clarice, Gwatibaya, Showman, Kupika, Olga, Sebele, Lovelater, Maphosa, Mcebisi

“…The two members participated in a meeting together with CSA and CIS experts representing 9 countries: Kenya, Zambia, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Benin, Burundi, Uganda, Ghana and Zimbabwe. The experts analyzed the causes of low adoption and utilization of CSA practices & CIS tools and identified the different interventions needed to enhance this shortcoming. …”
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Determinants for deployment of climate-smart integrated pest management practices: a meta-analysis approach by Sekabira, H., Tepa-Yotto, G., Djouaka, R.F., Clottey, V., Gaitu, C., Tamò, Manuele, Kaweesa, Y., Ddungu, S.P.

“…However, the adoption of CS-IPM technologies in Ghana and Benin is slow-paced because of factors like lack of access to farm inputs that facilitate uptake of these technologies, lack of credit facilities, and limited extension services among others. …”
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Spatial variation in fertilizer prices in Sub-Saharan Africa by Bonilla Cedrez, Camila, Chamberlin, Jordan, Guo, Zhe, Hijmans, Robert J.

“…The average national price was lowest in Ghana (0.80 USD kg-1), Kenya (0.97 USD kg-1), and Nigeria (0.99 USD kg-1). …”
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Agricultural mechanisation and child labour in developing countries by Vos, Rob, Takeshima, Hiroyuki

“…The present study aims to fill some of this void by studying the evidence from comparable farm household survey data in seven developing countries, including three in Asia (India, Nepal, and Vietnam) and four in sub-Saharan Africa (Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, and Tanzania). Various key findings emerge. …”
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Spatially distributed freshwater demand for electricity in Africa by Gerbens-Leenes, P. W., Vaca-Jiménez, S. D., Holmatov, Bunyod, Vanham, Davy

“…Countries with high annual WW amounts include Egypt (8937 Mm3 ), Ghana (7893 Mm3 ), Zambia (5262 Mm3 ), Mozambique (2602 Mm3 ), Nigeria (2309 Mm3 ) and South Africa (1068 Mm3 ). …”
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Public private partnerships for irrigation: Expanding access or increasing inequality by Bernier, Quinn, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…This policy note offers guidance on how to work toward these objectives, presenting emerging findings from a research project implemented by IFPRI together with partners from Ghana and Tanzania, investigating Models of Public Private Partnerships for Irrigation Development. …”
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