Resultados de búsqueda - "Nigeria"

Impacts of Africa RISING in Mali por Haile, Beliyou, Azzarri, Carlo, Tzintzun, Ivan, Boukaka, Sedi Anne, Vitellozzi, Sveva

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Gendered impacts of COVID-19: Insights from 7 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia por Alvi, Muzna, Gupta, Shweta, Barooah, Prapti, Ringler, Claudia, Bryan, Elizabeth, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…The study was designed as a longitudinal panel study with five rounds of data collection in Ghana, Nepal, Nigeria, and Senegal, and three rounds of data collection in Kenya, Niger, and Uganda. …”
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2019 Global report on food crises: Joint analysis for better decisions por Food Security Information Network, Vos, Rob

“…The worst food crises in 2018 were, in order of severity, Yemen, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, the Syrian Arab Republic, the Sudan, South Sudan and northern Nigeria. These eight countries accounted for two thirds of the total number of people facing acute food insecurity - amounting to nearly 72 million people. …”
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bEcon 4 Africa: An overview of the literature on the economic assessment of GE crops in the continent, 1996-2016 por Zambrano, Patricia, Paul, Namita, Chambers, Judith A., Falck-Zepeda, José B., Hanson, Hillary

“…Today, even after the commercialization of insect resistant crops in Burkina Faso, Egypt, and Sudan, and the recent approval for commercialization of insect resistant cotton in Nigeria and Ethiopia, South Africa continues to be the most represented country in the literature and is the focus of 30 of the 72 publications. …”
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Biofortified Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato Can Meaningfully Reduce the Burden of Vitamin A Deficiency por Lividini, K., Campos, Hugo, Heck, S., Birol, E., Hareau, G.

“…Ethiopia, Niger, Chad, Nigeria, and Madagascar had the potential to save the most DALYs in absolute terms (greater than 50,000 DALYs). …”
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Changes in the rhizosphere and root-associated bacteria community of white Guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir.) impacted by genotype and nitrogen fertilization por Idowu, A.P., Yamamoto, K., Koizumi, T., Matsutani, M., Takada, K., Shiwa, Y., Asfaw, A., Matsumoto, R., Ouyabe, M., Pachakkil, B., Kikuno, H., Shiwachi, H.

“…This study characterized the bacterial diversity and composition associated with bulk soil, rhizosphere, and plant roots in six white Guinea yam genotypes (S004, S020, S032, S042, S058, and S074) in field experiments in Ibadan, Nigeria under N-based chemical fertilizer application. …”
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Burkina Faso: Comment les systèmes alimentaires peuvent survivre aux conflits por Bene, Christophe

“…Au cours des dernière années, les conflits armés ont été à l’origine de six des dix crises alimentaires le plus sévères – en République démocratique du Congo, au Yémen, en Afghanistan, en Syrie, au Nigeria et au Soudan du Sud. La situation actuelle à Gaza est le dernier exemple dramatique de cette dynamique. …”
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Genotype by environment interaction effect and fresh root yield stability of cassava genotypes under contrasting nitrogen regimes por Mbe, J.O., Dzidzienyo, D., Abah, S.P., Njoku, D.N., Aghogho, C.I., Onyeka, J., Tongoona, P., Egesi, C.

“…Experiments were conducted using an augmented block design with three replications for two years in three locations in Nigeria. There were significant differences (p < 0.001) in the genotype’s mean performances as well as significant differences (p < 0.001) in the environment’s mean performances for all the traits measured in both nitrogen regimes. …”
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Evaluation of improved cassava genotypes for fresh root yield and yield components in demand creation trial por Onyenali, T.C., Ogwuche, T.O., Onyeka, J., Diebiru-Ojo, E.M., Ikechukwu, I., Abah, S.P., Okwuonu, I.C., Ameh, E.A., Sanni, L., Kulakow, P., Egesi, C.

“…Fresh yield and dry matter concentration are important traits that promote the adoption of improved cassava varieties by processors and their out-grower farmers in southeastern Nigeria. Therefore, for wide adoption of improved cassava varieties developed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, and National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike, there is a need to evaluate improved varieties for these attributes continuously, hence the need to explore variety decision support tool like the demand creation trials (DCT) to evaluate cassava varieties with farmers and processors utilizing the best agronomic practices. …”
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AI-imputed and crowdsourced price data show strong agreement with traditional price surveys in data-scarce environments por Adewopo, J., Andrée, B.P.J., Peter, H., Solano-Hermosilla, G., Micale, F.

“…This paper evaluates the reliability of these approaches by comparing them to traditional enumerator-led data collection in northern Nigeria, a region affected by conflict, food insecurity, and data scarcity. …”
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Promotion de l’aménagement forestier dans la zone de forêt tropicale humide d’Afrique occidentale et centrale anglophone: rapport final por Dykstra, D.P., Kowero, G.S., Ofosu-Asiedu, A., Kio, P.

“…Ce projet financé par le PNUE et mis en oeuvre par le CIFOR s’est intéressé aux forêts tropicales humides d’Afrique occidentale, plus particuliérement au Ghana et au Nigeria, avec des informations complémentaires provenant du Libéria, de Sierra Leone et du Cameroun. …”
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Private Sector Dialogue on Enhancing the Commercialization and Scaling of Climate-Smart and Modern Agricultural Technologies and Innovations to the Last Mile por Barungi, Julian, Okonya, Joshua, Recha, John W.M., Radeny, Maren A.O.

“…ACAT brought together over 700 participants from over 35 countries, including the Prime Minister of the Republic of Rwanda, the former President of the Republic of Nigeria, representatives of six African governments including two ministers from Malawi and Ghana, and five ministers from Rwanda, farmers, 160 youths, heads of international, continental and country level agencies, researchers, private sector players including financial institutions and industry experts to discuss next generation agricultural technology solutions for Africa's farmers. …”
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Strategic plan of the IFPRI program on fragile and conflict-affected food systems (FCAS): 2026-2029 por Kosec, Katrina, Ambler, Kate, Abay, Kibrom, Carrillo, Lucia, Gilligan, Dan

“…Through long-standing engagement in countries such as Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Sudan, Papua New Guinea, Somalia, and Yemen, the Program supports governments, UN agencies, International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs), and local NGOs to strengthen food systems in fragile contexts and improve outcomes for crisis-affected children, women, households, and communities. …”
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Africa-Wide Capacity-Building Workshop on Strengthening Rice Seed Networks por NDindeng, S.A., Bah, S., Willem, J., van Casteren, A., Tang, E., Ndung’u, J., Kittika, M., Wakilongo, N.J.

“…Case studies from Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria, Egypt, Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, and Côte d’Ivoire highlighted diverse governance models, best practices, and systemic weaknesses such as poor institutionalization, corruption risks, and rigid governance structures. …”
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Understanding variability in crop response to fertilizer and amendments in sub-Saharan Africa por Kihara, Job Maguta, Nziguheba, Generose, Zingore, Shamie, Coulibaly, Adama, Esilaba, Anthony O., Kabambe, Vernon, Njoroge, Samuel M., Palm, Cheryl A., Huising, Jeroen

“…Diagnostic trials were implemented in Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria and Tanzania, as part of the African Soils Information Service (AfSIS) project, to identify soil fertility constraints to crop production across various cropping systems and soil fertility conditions. …”
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Genetic gains from selection for high grain yield and Striga resistance in early maturing maize cultivars of three breeding periods under Stigainfested and Strigafree environments por Badu-Apraku, Baffour, Yallou, C., Oyekunle, M.

“…A study was conducted at four locations two each in Nigeria and Benin in 2010 and 2011 to determine the rate of genetic improvement in the grain yield of 50 maize cultivars developed during three breeding periods, 1988–2000 (period 1), 2001–2006 (period 2) and 2007–2010 (period 2) under Striga-infested and Striga-free conditions. …”
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Genetic gains in grain yield of a maize population improved through marker assisted recurrent selection under stress and non-stress conditions in west Africa por Abdulmalik, R.O., Menkir, A., Meseka, S.K., Unachukwu, N.N., Ado, S.G., Olarewaju, J.D., Aba, D.A., Hearne, S., Crossa, J., Gedil, Melaku A

“…A total of 200 testcrosses of randomly selected S1 lines derived from the original (C0) and advanced selection cycles of this bi-parental population, were evaluated under drought stress (DS) and well-watered (WW) conditions at Ikenne and under artificial Striga infestation at Abuja and Mokwa in Nigeria in 2014 and 2015. Also, 60 randomly selected S1 lines each derived from the four cycles (C0, C1, C2, C3) were genotyped with 233 SNP markers using KASP assay. …”
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GIS based gap analysis as a tool for biodiversity conservation optimisation: the IITA cowpea collection por Rysavy, A., Dumet, D., Sonder, Kai, Sauerborn, J.

“…The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria, holds the largest cowpea germplasm collection worldwide. …”
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Bread from composite cassava wheat flour. II: effect of cassava genotype and nitrogen fertilizer on bread quality por Shittu, T., Dixon, A., Awonorin, S., Sanni, Lateef O., Maziya-Dixon, B.B.

“…There is an increasing interest in the use of cassava roots for food and industrial purposes especially in the baking industry in Nigeria. Development of some cassava mosaic disease (CMD) resistant clones and application of inorganic fertilizers are principal strategies targeted in the country to boost and sustain cassava root production and utilization. …”
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Mineral composition of five improved varieties of cassava por Adeniji, T.A., Sanni, Lateef O., Barimalaa, I.S., Hart, A.D.

“…Five new cassava mosaic disease resistant (CMD) varieties released to farmers in Nigeria were evaluated for mineral composition. Results show that TME 419 differed significantly (p<0.05) from other varieties in calcium (900ìg/ g) and manganese (32.3ìg/g) content. …”
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