Resultados de búsqueda - "Niger"

Launch of the second phase of the negotiations por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire Guinea Bissau; Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo......…”
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A systematic review of irrigation development and agricultural water management in Mali por Mabhaudhi, T., Dirwai, Tinashe Lindel, Taguta, C., Kanda, E. K., Nhamo, L., Cofie, Olufunke O.

“…There is a need to minimize political interference in the allocation of agricultural land in the Office du Niger. Subsidies are needed to support farmers with technology and inputs for irrigation and AWM. …”
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Radio spot on moringa (Moringa oleifera): Capsule radio sur le moringa (Moringa oleifera) por Sana, Halizata, Borelli, Teresa

“…Part of a larger information campaign on neglected and underutilized species (NUS), this radio program uses simple, colloquial language and daily life settings to promote NUS that were once common on farms and in the diets of people living in Burkina Faso and Niger. The radio campaign aims to promote local nutritious crops, which can be included in sustainable, climate-smart agriculture as well as become potential sources of income.…”
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Radio spot on bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea): Spot radio sur le voandzou (Vigna subterranea) por Sana, Halizata, Borelli, Teresa

“…Part of a larger information campaign on neglected and underutilized species (NUS), this radio spot uses simple, colloquial language and daily life settings to promote NUS that were once common on farms and in the diets of people living in Burkina Faso and Niger. The radio campaign aims to promote bambara groundnut, which can be included in sustainable, climate-smart agriculture as well as become potential sources of income.…”
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Guidance for improving nutrition-relevant development in West Africa por Casu, Laura, Uzhova, Irina, Diatta, Ampa Dogui, Dramé, Mariame, Verstraeten, Roosmarijn

“…This provides guidance for improving nutrition-relevant in West Africa, drawn from a comprehensive review of nutrition-relevant policies in 16 countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.…”
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A general equilibrium analysis of the effect of macroeconomic adjustment of poverty in Africa por Dorosh, Paul A., Sahn, David E.

“…Using CGE models for four countries (Cameroon, The Gambia, Madagascar, and Niger), this paper examines the consequences of macropolicy reform on real incomes of poor households in sub-Saharan Africa The simulations suggest that, compared to alternative policy options, trade and exchange rate liberalization tends to benefit poor households in both rural and urban areas-as rents on foreign exchange are eliminated, demand for labor increases, and returns to tradable agriculture rise. …”
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Climate–agriculture–gender inequality hotspots: Insights for Nigeria por Azzarri, Carlo, Bamiwuye, Temilolu, Kedir Jemal, Mekamu

“…Hotspot areas are concentrated in northern and north-central Nigeria, notably Bauchi, Benue, Kano, Jigawa, Kebby, Nasarawa, Niger, Sokoto, and Zamfara. Policy actions should prioritize climate-smart agriculture, gender-sensitive climate services, and social protection to improve resilience and equity.…”
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L'adaption de l'amengement forestier a des situations diverses por Bertrand, A., Babin, D., Nasi, Robert

“…These examples range from the Gabonese forest to Madagascar to the arid regions of the Sahel in Mali and Niger. They also involve different spatial scales ranging from the village forest to large forested areas, and then to the nationwide dimension. …”
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Measurement and mitigation of greenhouse gases in African livestock systems: building capability to meet the challenge: Workshop Report por Silvestri, Silvia, Knox, D.

“…Twenty participants representing Government, National Research Institutes and Universities from ten African countries participated in the workshop: Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda.…”
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Sustainable production systems programme: current activities and future opportunities por Li Pun, H.H.

“…Currently the programme has activities under four themes, viz, systems analysis and impact assessment, livestock policy analysis, market-oriented smallholder dairy and, improving livestock productivity under disease risk, and in three ecoregions, viz, highlands-Ethiopia, subhumid-Nigeria, and semi-arid-Niger.…”
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Farmer-participatory improvement of sorghum and pearl millet genetic resources for increased adaptation to diverse production environments in West Africa por Gonsalves, Julian Francis

“…Moench] populations or cultivars with specific adaptation to different production environments in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. It consists of two sub-projects dealing with specific targets: (1) Dynamic genepool management and farmer- participatory recurrent population improvement of sorghum and pearl millet; and (2) development of improved sorghum cultivars with high phosphorus (P) efficiency and adaptation to low soil fertility using innovative screening, hereafter abbreviated as “P efficiency in sorghum.”…”
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Evaluating the relationships between property rights, risk technology and productivity in sub-Saharan Africa por Swallow, B.M.

“…Session 3 links past research conducted in Niger with research now in progress in Ethiopia. …”
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Evidence- and risk-based planning for food security under climate change por Lamanna, Christine, Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Wijk, Mark T. van, Corner-Dolloff, Caitlin, Girvetz, Evan Hartunian, Rosenstock, Todd S.

“…Through a case study in Niger, we demonstrate that prioritizing CSA is possible by taking into account livelihood status, risks, and potential effects of CSA practices.…”
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Private sector commercial products set to raise crop productivity and farming in Africa por Jefwa, J.M.

“…It is expected that this effort will increase crop yield by 30% and directly empower about 175,500 households (approximately 1.3 million persons) in selected areas in Kenya, Ethiopia, Niger, and Nigeria. Over the last 2 years, the project has been able to screen over 100 products from different private companies within and outside Africa. …”
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Insect pests of cowpeas por Jackai, L.E.N., Daoust, R.A.

“…Cowpeas (blackeye peas, or simply beans in many parts of Africa), Vigna unguiculata, are widely grown in the tropics and subtropics for human as well as for animal food. Nigeria, Brazil, and Niger are among the major producers and account for over 70% of the world crop (137, 174). …”
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Influence of crop management practices in two locations on plantain response to plant parasitic nematodes por Olaniyi, M., Speijer, P., Waele, D. de, Swennen, Rony L., Tenkouano, A.

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Rapport de l’atelier de clôture Capacitating Stakeholders in Using Climate Information for Enhanced Resilience in the Agricultural Sector in West Africa (CaSCIERA-TA) por Diakité, Adama, Chabi, Adéyèmi, Bayala, Jules

“…Coordonné par le World Agroforestry (ICRAF), le projet est mis en oeuvre au Benin, en Guinée, au Niger et au Togo par un consortium d’institutions nationales et internationales incluant le programme de recherche du CGIAR sur le Changement Climatique, l'Agriculture et la Sécurité Alimentaire (CCAFS), le Centre Régional de Formation et d’Information en Agro-météorologie et Hydrologie Opérationnelle (AGHRYMET), l’Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Bénin (INRAB), l’Institut de Recherche Agronomique de Guinée (IRAG), l’Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger (INRAN) et l'Institut Togolais de Recherche Agronomique (ITRA). …”
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Epidemiology of peste des petits ruminants virus in West Africa: Is lineage IV replacing lineage II in Burkina Faso? por Biguezoton, A.S., Ilboudo, Guy S., Wieland, Barbara, Sawadogo, R., Dah, F., Zoungrana, A., Dione, Michel M.

“…The same percentage of similarity was also obtained with the lineage IV sequence from Niger but on lower sequence size: i.e. 222/234 bp. …”
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Conflict management, decentralization, and agropastoralism in dryland West Africa por Turner, M., Ayantunde, Augustine A., Patterson, K.P., Patterson, E.D.

“…This paper reports on a four-site study conducted in the Sahelian zone of Niger. The study takes a novel mixed methods approach for understanding conflict management from the perspective of rural peoples by not only describing past highly publicized conflicts but also by analyzing the steps rural peoples follow to management disagreements that arise in their everyday lives. …”
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Release, establishment, spread, and impact of the weevil Neohydronomus affinis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) in Benin, West Africa por Ajuonu, O., Neuenschwander, Peter

“…It also established in the north, in the watershed of the Niger River. At the two sites monitored, total plant biomass and weed cover fluctuated with seasonal factors but declined about ten-fold, which indicated successful biological control of water lettuce by the weevil.…”
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