Search Results - "Senegal"

How does climate exacerbate root causes of conflict in Kenya? An econometric analysis by Belli, Anna, Villa, Victor, Läderach, Peter R.D., Pacillo, Grazia

“…This publication is part of a factsheet series reporting on the findings of the CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security Observatory work in Africa (Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe). The research is centered around 5 questions: 1. …”
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Use of a data gathering toolbox is spurring policy and animal health actions to control and eradicate peste des petits ruminants in East and West Africa by CGIAR Research Program on Livestock

“…The tools, which have been adopted by researchers and National Research Institutes in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso and Uganda, are contributing to global PPR eradication efforts aimed at protecting the livelihoods of millions of small ruminant livestock farmers.…”
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Gender-Smart Accelerator Challenge Activity Report by Gaba, Morgan, Sani, Ouma, Derenoncourt, Marie Ena, Jaquet, Stéphanie, Grosjean, Godefroy

“…This report outlines a Gender-Smart Accelerator Challenge implemented in Senegal in partnership with Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA). …”
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Rapport d'atelier de diffusion et de partage de la prévision saisonnière des précipitations de 2023 by Konte, Oumar, Ndiaye, Ousmane, Worou, Nadine

“…Le Mardi 09 mai 2023, s’est tenu à l’hôtel ONOMO de Dakar, l’atelier de présentation des résultats de la prévision saisonnière des précipitations et des écoulements des cours d’eau au Sénégal pour l’hivernage 2023. Cet atelier, organisé par le Cadre National des Service Climatologiques (CNSC), piloté par l’Agence nationale de l’Aviation civile et de la Météorologie (ANACIM), a vu la participation des membres des différents sectoriels du CNSC, de la presse et des organisations faîtières.…”
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Planning Linkages between Research, Technology Transfer, and Farmers' Organizations by Eponou, Thomas, Peterson, Warren, Wuyts-Fivawo, Anna, Wilks, M.

“…The report is based on a project designed to assist four participating countries (Senegal, Mali, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe) in addressing their research-user linkage problems, in building a capacity to analyze and resolve these problems, in improving methods and guidelines for linkage planning and implementation, and in disseminating linkage knowledge, lessons, and experiences. …”
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Evidence mapping of wasting programs and their impact along the continuum of care in low- and middle-income countries: A rapid review of the research evidence by Touré, Mariama, Becquey, Elodie, Huybregts, Lieven, Diatta, Dieynab, Booth, Andrew, Verstraeten, Roosmarijn

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Adolescent nutrition in West Africa: A rapid review of the research evidence by Verstraeten, Roosmarijn, Salm, Leah, Diop, Loty, Diatta, Ampa Dogui, Touré, Mariama

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Transform Nutrition West Africa: Looking back to move forward by Verstraeten, Roosmarijn

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Availability of data on nutrition intervention coverage in West Africa: Technical note by Transform Nutrition West Africa

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Detecting threshold effects in price transmission by Traoré, Fousseini, Diop, Insa

“…Beyond the presentation of the methods for detecting thresholds in price transmission, we perform an application in the case of the rice market in Senegal. The results support the evidence of an asymmetric price transmission between world and domestic prices in the short-run and a symmetric transmission in the long-run.…”
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Meat, milk and more: Policy innovations to shepherd inclusive and sustainable livestock systems in Africa by Malabo Montpellier Panel, Glatzel, Katrin, Tankari, Mahamadou Roufahi, Shah, Meera, Choudhury, Samira, Badiane, Ousmane, von Braun, Joachim

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Water-Wise: Smart irrigation strategies for Africa by Malabo Montpellier Panel, Glatzel, Katrin, Tankari, Mahamadou Roufahi, Demmler, Kathrin

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Accounting for nutritional changes in six success stories: A regression-decomposition approach by Headey, Derek D., Hoddinott, John F., Park, Seollee

“…We explore potential explanations of this success by applying consistent statistical methods to multiple rounds of Demographic Health Surveys for Bangladesh, Nepal, Ethiopia, Odisha, Senegal, and Zambia. We find that changes in household wealth, mother's education and access to antenatal care are the largest drivers of nutritional improvement, except for Zambia where large increases in bednet usage is the single largest factor. …”
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Working multisectorally to improve nutrition: Global lessons and current status in India by Garrett, James L., Kadiyala, Suneetha, Kohli, Neha

“…To identify global lessons in working multisectorally for nutrition and to ascertain what lessons could be applied to the Indian context, a team from POSHAN examined global best practices from other countries, including Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Senegal, and Thailand (Cunningham 2011; Garrett & Natalicchio 2011; Meija-Acosta 2011; Hoey & Pelletier 2011; Heaver & Kachondam 2002). …”
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Agricultural R&D in Togo: An Assessment of the Togolese Agricultural Research Institute by Adabe, Kokou Edoh, Stads, Gert-Jan

“…The Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) initiative of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the West African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF/WECARD) conducted an in-depth study of critical issues relating to human, financial, and institutional agricultural R&D capacities in Burkina Faso and five other West African countries (Benin, Ghana, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo). As part of this study, detailed quantitative and qualitative data were collected at an institutional level. …”
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Improving data concerning women's empowerment in sub-Saharan Africa by Heckert, Jessica, Fabic, Madeleine Short

“…We examine the use of, and need for improvements to, women's empowerment data in Ghana, Mozambique, Senegal, and Uganda. Drawing on interviews conducted among gender and health experts and on context‐specific literature, our findings reveal that although DHS data are widely used, data needs remain in five areas: economic empowerment, knowledge of legal rights and recourse, participation in decisionmaking, attitudes and social norms, and adolescent girls. …”
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Private investment in agricultural research and technology transfer in Africa by Pray, Carl E., Gisselquist, David, Nagarajan, Latha

“…This study is based on surveys of private-sector innovation and research in Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia in 2009 and 2010. …”
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Human milk: an invisible food resource by Hatløy, Anne, Oshaug, Arne

“…In this paper, the quantity of human milk production in Mali, Senegal, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe is estimated. The annual production in the urban and rural areas in a county in Mali is estimated at 13 and 17 kilograms per capita, respectively. …”
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Enhancing climate adaptation through iSAT: A Climate-Informed Agro-Advisory Tool by Emanuel, Jacob, Whitbread, M Anthony, Akinseye, M Folorunso, Dhulipala, Ram, Worou, Nadine, Faye, Aliou, Kebe, Ndeye Amy, Seck, Babacar, Konte, Oumar, Rötter, P Reimund

“…The presentation highlights its deployment in Senegal, where it has benefited 4,000 farmers directly and over 200,000 indirectly via radio broadcasts, demonstrating its positive impact on agricultural yields and climate adaptation.…”
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Les Services d’information climatiques en Elévage by Worou, Nadine

“…Cette présentation porte sur les services d'information climatique (SIC) appliqués au secteur de l'élevage au Sénégal. Elle met en lumière les effets du changement climatique sur les systèmes d'élevage et l'importance des SIC pour soutenir les éleveurs dans la gestion des risques climatiques. …”
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