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Water, agriculture and poverty in the Niger River Basin. by Ogilvie, A., Mahe, G., Ward, J., Serpantie, G., Lemoalle, J., Morand, P., Barbier, Bruno, Diop, Amadou Tamsir, Caron, A., Namara, Regassa E., Kaczan, D., Lukasiewicz, A., Paturel, J.E., Lienou, G., Clanet, J.C.

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Water, agriculture and poverty in the Niger River Basin by Ogilvie, A., Mahe, G., Ward, J., Serpantie, G., Lemoalle, J., Morand, P., Barbier, Bruno, Diop, Amadou Tamsir, Caron, A., Namara, Regassa E., Kaczan, D., Lukasiewicz, A., Paturel, J.E., Lienou, G., Clanet, J.C.

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Water, agriculture and poverty in the Niger River Basin by Ogilvie, A., Mahe, G., Ward, J., Serpantie, G., Lemoalle, J., Morand, P., Barbier, Bruno, Diop, Amadou Tamsir, Caron, A., Namara, Regassa E., Kaczan, D., Lukasiewicz, A., Paturel, J.E., Lienou, G., Clanet, J.C.

“…Livelihoods in the Niger River basin rely mainly on rainfed agriculture, except in the dry extreme north. …”
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Participatory diagnosis and adaptive management of small-scale fisheries in the Niger River Basin by Béné, Christophe, Kodio, A., Lemoalle, J., Mills, D., Morand, P., Ovie, S., Sinaba, F., Tafida, A.

“…In this project we propose a framework aimed at this objective and we test it in the specific context of small-scale fisheries in the Niger River Basin.…”
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Is it possible to improve the traditional grazing management in the flood plain of the Niger river in central Mali? by Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y., Diarra, L.

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Quantifying the sustainability of water availability for the water‐food‐energy‐ecosystem nexus in the Niger River Basin by Yang, Jie, Yang, Y.C. Ethan, Khan, Hassaan F., Xie, Hua, Ringler, Claudia

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Facilitating healthy seed yam entrepreneurship in the Niger River system in Nigeria: the value of research into use by McNamara, N., Morse, S., Ugbe, U.P., Coyne, Danny L., Claudius-Cole, A.O.

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E-flows for the Upper Niger River and Inner Niger Delta: synthesis report.... by Dickens, Chris, O’Brien, G., Stassen, R., Eriyagama, Nishadi, Kleynhans, M., Rowntree, K., Graham, M., Ross-Gillespie, V., MacKenzie, J., Wymenga, E., Mapedza, Everisto D., Burnet, M., Desai, M., Hean, J.

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E-Flows for the Upper Niger River and Inner Niger Delta: specialist response report for vegetation, fish, invertebrates and birds.... by Dickens, Chris, O’Brien, G., Stassen, R., Eriyagama, Nishadi, Kleynhans, M., Rowntree, K., Graham, M., Ross-Gillespie, V., MacKenzie, J., Wymenga, E., Mapedza, Everisto D., Burnet, M., Desai, M., Hean, J.

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An overview of the development challenges and constraints of the Niger Basin and possible intervention strategies by Namara, Regassa E., Barry, Boubacar, Owusu, Eric S., Ogilvie, A.

“…The Niger River Basin covers 7.5% of the African continent and is shared between nine riparian countries. …”
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A semi-qualitative approach to the operationalization of the Food–Environment–Energy–Water (FE2W) Nexus concept for infrastructure planning: A case study of the Niger Basin by Seidou, Ousmane, Ringler, Claudia, Kalcic, Spela, Ferrini, Luca, Ramani, Traoré Abdou, Guero, Abdou

“…The countries sharing the Niger River suffer from poor access to clean water and energy as well as food insecurity. …”
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Institutionalization of the Water-Energy-Food Environment Nexus in the Niger Basin by Ringler, Claudia

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New technical publications for Sahel by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Ecological monitoring: the Senegal model and Lakes of grass; Regenerating Bourgou in the inner delta of the Niger River UNSO 304E, 45th Street FF-9FL New York, NY 10017, USA or Avenue Dimbolobsom (sect 3) BP 366, Ouagadougou BURKINA FAS…”
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Agro-morphological variability of rice species collected from Niger by Sow, M, Sido, A., Laing, M., Ndjiondjop, M.N.

“…We found most accessions (80.7%) along the Niger River and its tributary the Dallol Maouri. 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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BFP Niger WP2: Water availability and access by Mahé, Gil, Liénou, Gaston, Adeaga, Olusegun

“…This drought, which is notably characterized by a decrease of rainfall, global surface-water flows and by a change in the rainy season characteristics, contributes to reduce the water availability in the Niger River Basin. This climate shift must be born in mind if one wants to understand the present hydrology and water uses in the basin. …”
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Farmer-based financing of operations in the Niger Valley irrigation schemes by Abernethy, Charles L., Sally, Hilmy, Lonsway, K., Maman, C.

“…Presents the results of case-studies of the functioning of four pump-based irrigation systems in the Niger River Valley. Prospects for sustainability are analyzed, especially in the light of the government's policy of promoting irrigator organizations to take over responsibilities for operation and maintenance.…”
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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 by 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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Basin Focal Project Niger by Charles Clanet, J., Ogilvie, A.

“…Challenge Program Water and Food: Basin Focal Project NIGER Faced with increasing food and water insecurity as a result of climatic and anthropogenic (demography, land use) changes, the CGIAR Challenge Program for Water and Food commissioned research in 10 river basins to study the links between water, food and poverty. Looking at the Niger river basin, we carry out a diagnosis of the hydrologic and agronomic potential, before attempting to identify how good agricultural water management may reduce vulnerability in the region, and preserve local ecosystems. …”
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Consumption smoothing and vulnerability in the Zone Lacustre, Mali by Harrower, Sarah, Hoddinott, John F.

“…Lastly, we find that households with access to improved water control infrastructure are less vulnerable than those that rely on rainfall or the flooding of the Niger River. -- Authors' Abstract…”
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Consumption smoothing and vulnerability in the Zone Lacustre, Mali by Harrower, Sarah, Hoddinott, John F.

“…Lastly, we find that households with access to improved water control infrastructure are less vulnerable than those that rely on rainfall or the flooding of the Niger River.…”
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