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Influence of Oecophylla longinoda latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on mango infestation by Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae) in relation to Senegalese or... by Diame, L., Grechi, I., Rey, J., Sane, C.A., Diatta, P., Vayssières, Jean-François, Yasmine, A., Bon, H. de, Diarra, K.

“…The study was conducted in Senegal in the Niayes area and the Thiès plateau. …”
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AVENIR Thematic Brief: Women and youth by Mwongera, Caroline, Kinyua, Ivy Wambui

“…The Adaptation and Valorization of Entrepreneurship in Irrigated Agriculture (AVENIR) project aims to enhance the well-being and resilience of farming households in Senegal, particularly women and youth. A primary objective is to strengthen women and youth's capacity to operate profitable agribusinesses in selected climate-adaptive value chains such as horticulture, rice, and agroforestry based on baobab, cashew, and mango trees. …”
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Dossier thématique AVENIR : Les femmes et les jeunes by Mwongera, Caroline, Kinyua, Ivy Wambui

“…The Adaptation and Valorization of Entrepreneurship in Irrigated Agriculture (AVENIR) project aims to enhance the well-being and resilience of farming households in Senegal, particularly women and youth. A primary objective is to strengthen women and youth's capacity to operate profitable agribusinesses in selected climate-adaptive value chains such as horticulture, rice, and agroforestry based on baobab, cashew, and mango trees. …”
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Micronutrient fortified yogurt as an incentive in dairy value chains to increase milk deliveries and improve child nutrition by CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

“…A micro-nutrient fortified yogurt (MNFY) was developed to increase milk deliveries and improve child nutrition among remote semi-nomadic milk producers in Northern Senegal. Results from the study showed that the MNFY incentive led to increased milk deliveries and improved haemoglobin levels of producer’s children. …”
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Development of the analytical component of the Farm level Calculator modules of the ICT-based Smart CSA monitoring App for assessing performance, synergies and trade-offs. by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…This prototype was tested in Senegal.…”
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Catalyzing the use of climate information in agriculture decision making through datahubs by Dhulipala, Ram, Joseph, Jacob Emanuel, Konte, Oumar, Faye, Aliou, Worou, Nadine, Whitbread, Anthony M.

“…This infonote describes the importance of digital data ifrastructure like data hubs in enhacing the use of climate and weather data in agriculture policy making, extension as well as farm level decision making. Taking Senegal as a case study, the infonote use a value chain framing to map out the key actors in the Climate Information Services (CIS) data value chain and the importance of the proposed AgDataHub…”
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Enhancing capacity for resilient agriculture planning and programming in Kenya by Kimani, Owen Samuel, Templer, Noel Anyuka, Kinyua, Ivy Wambui, Jalango, Dorcas Anyango, Mutui, Edith Judith, Mwongera Mugambi, Caroline Njeri

“…The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT has been working on several projects led by Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) in six countries—Senegal, Mali, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Zambia. …”
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Deuxième atelier de modélisation des impacts socio-économiques de la résistance aux anti-microbiens du projet: Selecting Efficient Farm-level Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention... by Gning, M.A.D., Faye, A., Dione, Michel M.

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Supporting AICCRA in the Organization and Facilitation of a Hackathon in West Africa by Barret Dia, Héloïse, Derenoncourt, Marie Ena

“…This report provides a deep dive on the Sen AgriHack 2023, the innovation challenge organized by AICCRA to address post-harvest losses in Senegal. Through Sen AgriHack 2023, AICCRA created a dynamic platform for interdisciplinary collaboration among participants and stakeholders to generate relevant solutions to challenges faced by farmers and value chain actors. …”
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Introduction to Climate Information Services for Agriculture: Reference Guide by Hansen, Jim

“…Strengthening the capacity of next users, particularly agricultural extension and advisory service (EAS) providers who work to support farmers in Senegal and five other target countries, is crucial for achieving this goal. …”
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Introducing Climate Change and Climate Smart Agriculture to SMEs - Lessons learned by Jaquet, Stephanie, Derenoncourt, Marie Ena

“…The Gender Smart Agriculture Challenge aimed to create gender-responsive Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) business models in Senegal, with the goal of attracting private investor capital. …”
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Côte-d'Ivoire: Availability of data on nutrition intervention coverage by Transform Nutrition West Africa

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Analysis of nutrition research networks in West Africa: Application of social network analysis to co-authorship data to understand and enhance collaboration by Aberman, Noora-Lisa, Diop, Loty, Verstraeten, Roosmarijn

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Efficiency and status in polygynous pastoralist households by Hidrobo, Melissa, Hoel, Jessica B., Wilson, Katie

“…We study efficiency in semi-nomadic pastoralist households in Northern Senegal with lab-in-the-field games. We find that monogamous and polygynous families are equally productively inefficient overall. …”
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Biofuels and developing economies: Is the timing right? by Msangi, Siwa, Evans, Martin

“…We use the example of two countries, Senegal and India, to highlight some of the issues of cost competitiveness, problems with ensuring stable supply of feedstock as well as critical missing links in the biofuels value chain that pose problems to scaling up national programs in these countries. …”
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Factors affecting consumption patterns of neglected and underutilized species in Atacora, Northern Benin by Bankole, Bissola Malikath, Bodjrenou, Sam, Bodecker, Julia, Termote, Celine, Chadare, Flora Josiane, Amoussa Hounkpatin, Waliou

“…Presented at the 5th Conference of the Federation of African Nutrition Societies, November 2023, Dakar, Senegal. To solve food security issues, many efforts have been made in recent years to improve the use of neglected and underutilized species (NUS) in people's diets, given their significant contribution to nutrient intake. …”
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Intercropping with cassava in Africa by Ezeilo, W.N.

“…In Africa, cassava-growing areas are located from Senegal in the west, through Nigeria and Zaire, east to Malagasy and from 15°N-15°S latitude, according to de Viliers (1965). …”
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Measurement and mitigation of greenhouse gases in African livestock systems: building capability to meet the challenge: Workshop Report by 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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Scaling Up Climate Services for Farmers in Africa and South Asia: Workshop Report by Tall, Arame, Jay, A., Hansen, James

“…This report summarizes the proceedings of the workshop “Scaling Up Climate Services for Farmers in Africa and South Asia,” held in Saly, Senegal on December 10-12, 2012. The workshop brought together more than 100 experts from 30 countries and roughly 50 institutions to grapple with the challenge of supporting vulnerable farming communities through the production, communication, delivery and evaluation of effective agrometeorological information and advisory services; and to identify practical actions to address those challenges at scale.…”
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The future is now: how scenarios can help Senegalese and Mauritanian fisheries adapt to climate change by Badjeck, M.C., Diop, N.

“…This article presents the construction of fisheries sector scenarios for Senegal and Mauritania required for the analysis of climate change adaptation policies.…”
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