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A decision makers’ guide to equitable sustainable agricultural intensification by Grabowski, Philip, Fischer, Gundula, Djenontin, I.N.S., Zulu, L., Kamoto, J., Kampanje-Phiri, J., Egyir, I., Darkwah, A.

“…These tools were developed and refined following workshops, field work and interviews with decisionmakers in Ghana and Malawi. In agricultural research, important social data often comes from large-scale household surveys that need significant investment of time and money. …”
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Africa-Wide Training on the Improved NextGen Approach (PyCPT2.5) for Seasonal and Subseasonal Forecasting and Climate Data Analysis and Visualization Tools by Grossi, Amanda, Robertson, Andrew, Rose, Alison, Singh, Bohar, Trzaska, Sylwia, Ehsan, Azhar, Kaplan, Aaron, Dinku, Tufa

“…Towards these ends, the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), as part of Columbia Climate School at Columbia University, has been working closely with the national meteorological services in AICCRA target countries (Ethiopia, Kenya Zambia, Senegal, Ghana, Mali) alongside their associated regional climate centres (RCCs), the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) in East Africa and the Regional Centre for Training and Application in Agrometeorology and Operational Hydrology (AGRHYMET) in West Africa, to improve seasonal and subseasonal forecasting capacities using the NextGen (PyCPT) approach. …”
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Climate change impact and adaptation of rainfed cereal crops in sub-Saharan Africa by Alimagham, S., van Loon, M.P., Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Adjei- Nsiah, S., Baijukya, F., Bala, A., Chikowo, R., Silva, J.V., Soule, A.M., Taulya, G., Tenorio, F.A., Tesfaye, F.A., van Ittersum, M.

“…This study aimed to assess (i) the potential climate change impact on four key rainfed cereals (maize, millet, sorghum and wheat) in ten SSA countries namely Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia using local data and national expertise, and (ii) the potential of cultivar adaptation to climate change for the four crops. …”
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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

“…Between the 1990 GHI and the 2009 GHI, Kuwait, Tunisia, Fiji, Malaysia, and Turkey had the largest percentage improvements. Angola, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nicaragua, and Vietnam saw the largest absolute improvements in their scores. …”
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Mapping the likelihood of introduction and spread of HPAI in Africa and Indonesia using Multicriteria Decision Modelling by Stevens, Kim, de Glanville, Will, Costard, Solenne, Métras, Raphaëlle, Theuri, Wachira, Kruska, Russ, Randolph, Thomas F., Grace, Delia, Hendrickx, Saskia, Pfeiffer, Dirk

“…In addition to the three maps in this brief, maps for other African countries were produced and are presented in the report, Mapping the Likelihood of Introduction and Spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus H5N1 in Africa, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya and Nigeria using Multicriteria Decision Modelling (Stevens et al. 2009); and maps for Indonesia can be found in Mapping the Risk of Spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 in Indonesia using Multicriteria Decision Modelling (de Glanville et al. 2009). …”
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The minimum dietary diversity for women indicator can be extended to children and adolescents aged 4-15 years as a proxy population indicator for good micronutrient adequacy of die... by Diop, Loty, Gelli, Aulo, Huybregts, Lieven, Arsenault, Joanne E., Bliznashka, Lilia, Boy, Erick, Deitchler, Megan, Lachat, Carl, Moursi, Mourad, Ochoa-Avilés, Angelica M., Olney, Deanna K., Becquey, Elodie

“…Methods We conducted a secondary data analysis of 9 datasets of repeated 24-h recalls or weighed records including 11,524 children/adolescents aged 4–15 y, collected in 7 countries (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ecuador, India, Malawi, Uganda, and Zambia) between 2007 and 2022. …”
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ILRI/BMZ safe food fair food: Building capacity to improve the safety of animal-source foods and ensure continued market access for poor farmers in sub-Saharan Africa by Makita, K., Grace, Delia, Randolph, Thomas F., Baker, Derek, Staal, Steven J.

“…The 8 participating countries are Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, Mozambique and Republic of South Africa and in total 18 students are involved in the research project. …”
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Potential impact of investments in drought tolerant maize in Africa by La Rovere, R., Kostandini, G., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Dixon, J., Mwangi, W., Guo, Z., Bänziger, Marianne

“…The study evaluates the potential impacts of the Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa (DTMA) project run by CIMMYT and the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in 13 countries of eastern, southern and West Africa: Angola, Benin, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe and Ghana. It describes cumulative economic and poverty-reduction benefits to farmers and consumers in those countries over 2007-16, from higher yields and from diminished season-to-season yield fluctuations, through the adoption by farmers of improved, drought tolerant maize varieties. …”
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Determinants de ladoption des technologies de transformation de ligname: cas de la transformation en cossettes et en farine au nord de la Cote Divoire by Monney, R.F., Coulibaly, S., Sylla, K., Diallo, S.S., Nkamleu, G.B.

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The potential of Biogas in Energy Transition in Indonesia by Rianawati, Elisabeth, Sagala, Saut, Hafiz, Ichsan, Anhorn, Johannes, Alemu, Sinshaw, Hilbert, Jorge Antonio, Rosslee, Dwight, Mohammed, Mutala, Salie, Yaseen, Rutz, Dominik, Rohrer, Michael, Sainz, Angela, Kirchmeyr, Franz, Zacepins, Aleksejs, Hofmann, Frank

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Strengthening the biogas sector of Ethiopia through international collaboration: the case of Digital Global Biogas Cooperation (DiBiCoo) by Bogale, Wondwossen, Misikir, Maya F., Sewnet, Bruck, Laere, Ann-Kathrin van, Sagala, Saut, Ma, Chuan, Hilbert, Jorge Antonio, Mohammed, Mutala, Salie, Yaseen

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Evaluation of best practices for landrace conservation: farmer evaluation by Grum, M., Gyasi, E.A., Osei, C., Kranjac-Berisavljevic, Gordana, Bioversity International

“…The countries involved in the project were Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Uganda and Zimbabwe. …”
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CTA Rapport de fin de projet: RONGEAD by Fautrel, Vincent, Ba, Aichetou

“…Le présent projet a été exécuté dans huit pays (Togo, Bénin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Niger et Sénégal). Signalons aussi qu’un neuvième pays (Guinée) s’est ajouté entre temps aux 8 autres pays. …”
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Annual report 2021: CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets by CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

“…PIM findings and engagement contributed to Myanmar’s response to COVID-19, South Africa’s policies on resilience to climate change, Tunisia's policies for pastoral development, a reform of Nigeria’s national agricultural research system, Ghana’s fish seed and farm certification system, gender strategies for three agricultural value chains in Honduras, and genome editing guidelines for the agricultural sector in four African countries. …”
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Factors influencing gender and youth integration in agricultural research and innovation in Africa by Yami, M., Abioye, O., Sore, S.Z., Mugisho, A., Abdoulaye, T.

“…The desk review was supplemented by 30 interviews with key informants in FNSSA projects across Africa including Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Ghana, Madagascar, Nigeria, Kenya, Senegal, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda, and an interactive workshop with key stakeholders working on gender and youth integration issues across Africa. …”
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A user guide to Mali Africa research in sustainable intensification for the next generation (Africa RISING) baseline evaluation survey data by Azzarri, Carlo, Haile, Beliyou, Howard, Patrice, Roberts, Cleophelia, Initiative for the Development of Africa, Enkhbayar, Sundui, Signorelli, Sara

“…As part of the program, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) leads a sustainable intensification effort focusing on the cereal-based farming systems in the Guinea Savannah Zone of West Africa (Ghana and Mali) and East and Southern Africa (Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia) while the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) leads the research activities focusing on the crop-livestock systems of the Ethiopian highlands. …”
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Impact evaluation of an innovation platform on improvement of crop and livestock productions in four villages of Yatenga province, Northern Burkina Faso by Teno, G.

“…Volta2 project has used innovation platforms as its principal development tool to achieve integrated management of rainwater for crop-livestock agroecosystems in 2 West African countries (Burkina Faso and Ghana). The aim of our study is to assess the impact of structure of innovation platform members, their conduct, and the consequence on the improvement of performance of crop and livestock production in four focal villages of Yatenga province, northern Burkina Faso (Ziga, Koura Bagre, Pogoro Silmimosse and Bogoya). …”
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First report of Phakopsora pachyrhizi on soybean causing rust in Tanzania by Murithi, H., Beed, Fenton D., Madata, C.S., Haudenshield, J.S., Hartman, G.L.

“…The fungus rapidly spread and was reported on soybean in South Africa in 2001, in western Cameroon in 2003, and in Ghana and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2007 (5). …”
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First report of cowpea mild mottle virus in chia (Salvia hispanica) by Celli, Marcos Giovani, Perotto, Maria Cecilia, Merino, Maria Alicia, Nome Docampo, Claudia, Flores, Ceferino Rene, Conci, Vilma Cecilia

“…The phylogenetic analysis with the CP gene nt sequences revealed that the CPMMV chia isolate grouped with other CPMMV isolates from other plant species from Brazil, Ghana, India, Puerto Rico, Taiwan and USA, but were separated from four others from India. …”
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Effectiveness of hermetic bag storage technology to preserve physical quality attributes of shea nuts by Obeng Akrofi, George, Maier, Dirk E., White, Wendy S., Akowuah, Joseph O., Bartosik, Ricardo Enrique, Cardoso, Marcelo Leandro

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