Search Results - "Senegal"

Co-design of the agroecological transition path for the Fatick department by Piraux, Marc, Belmin, Raphaë, Ndour, Moussa, Fall, Modou Gueye, Mbaye, Banna, Bayo, Finda, Ba, Marième, Dione, Geneviève, Mané, Cherif, Diallo, Ibrahima, Kouakou, Patrice, Lairez, Juliette, Diouf, Arame, Ndour, Coumba N., Sene, Mame Birame, Barry, Aby, Diakhaté, Pape Bilal

“…The Agroecology Initiative supports local agroecological transitions through a Living Landscape Agroecology (ALL) approach. In Senegal, this initiative is active in the department of Fatick through a local dynamic called DYTAEL (Dynamique pour une Transition AgroEcologique locale), which started in 2021. …”
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Kenya Cluster— AICCRA Household Survey Report 2024 by Chesoli, Rose

“…The program seeks to make climate information services (CIS) and climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies accessible to more than seven million smallholder farmers across Senegal, Ghana, Mali, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Zambia. …”
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Technical cooperation and Data-Driven Development for Digital Soil Maps under the West African Regional Hub for Fertilizers and Soil Health [A New Soil Health Vision for West Afric... by Crouch, Jonathan, Vanlauwe, Bernard, Muzata, Barbra

“…Significant progress was made in 2024 with strong partnership engagement across the region which culminated to Priority setting from in-country workshops in Benin, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. These workshops highlighted digital soil mapping as a key input for Top 3 priority projects in all the countries above stressing the critical need to advance discussions to fill this gap. …”
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Process Evaluation for The CGIAR Climate Resilience Initiative Activities in Kenya by Juma, Ogada Maurice

“…In response to the threats of climate change, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and its partners launched the CGIAR Research Initiative on Climate Resilience (ClimBeR) in 2022 in Nairobi, Kenya, covering 6 countries (Guatemala, Kenya, Morocco, the Philippines, Senegal, and Zambia). The aim of ClimBeR is to simultaneously transform food, land, and water systems in a climate crisis so as to enhance the resilience of the smallholder production systems. …”
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Use of droplet vitrification for the conservation of a Senegalese cassava cultivar by Ndiaye, Aliou, Panis, Bart

“…However, in some countries such as Senegal, cassava cultivation has not experienced real development; it is used as a root vegetable as staple food. …”
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Réseau Africain pour l’Amélioration des Cultures des Zones Sèches by Daudi, Happy M., Oteng-Frimpong, Richard

“…Le Réseau Africain pour l’Amélioration des Cultures des Zones Sèches (ADCIN), établi en août 2023, est un reseau collaboratif mis en place la suite d’une réunion de consultation tenue au Sénégal en février 2022 et d’une reunion des membres du réseau organisée au Ghana en janvier 2023. …”
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Challenges and Opportunities forInternational Indigenous Adaptation Network by Worou, Nadine

“…The experience of the Community of Practice in Senegal (co-production of agro-climatic advice for livestock farming, hosted by national institutions) and pastoral practices in Kenya illustrates measurable impacts (e.g. reduced livestock mortality during droughts). …”
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Validating the Climate Risk Management in Agricultural Extension (CRMAE) Curricula for Livestock Systems by Dinh, Dannie, Hansen, James, Grossi, Amanda

“…Driven by partner demand in target countries to adapt the CRMAE curriculum for livestock systems in 2025, the AICCRA project and the Jameel Observatory—through its newly launched Drylands Futures Academy—consulted livestock experts, researchers, universities, and grassroots and development organizations targeting pastoralists from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Senegal to catalyze sharing of knowledge, tools, approaches, and innovations amongst the three countries. …”
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Importance of socio-economic factors in the collection of NTFPs: The case of gum arabic in Kenya by Mujawamariya, Gaudiose, Karimov, A.A.

“…Gum arabic is one of these products by ‘Acacia senegal’ trees that are found in Kenya. It is a source of additional income for rural households. …”
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Organisational health and performance: an empirical assessment of smallholder producer organisations in Africa by Wouterse, Fleur, Francesconi, Gian N.

“…We use recent data from 253 smallholder producer organisations (SPOs) in Ethiopia, Malawi and Senegal, factor and regression analysis to define organisational health, understand its determinants and relate health to performance. …”
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Management of Nere (Parkia biglobosa) in farmers’ fields in Burkina Faso (West Africa) by Zerbo, G.B., Millogo, D., Lompo, D.J.-P., Ouédraogo, M., Duminil, J., Manica, M., Vinceti, B.

“…Parkia biglobosa (Fabaceae-Mimosoideae) is one of the most important and widespread trees in agroforestry systems from Senegal to Uganda. The National Tree Seed Center (CNSF) of Burkina Faso has developed a breeding and improvement program for this multipurpose tree. …”
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AYA forum_S04_unique perspectives and successes of youth agripreneurship by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

“…Unique Perspectives and Successes of Youth Agripreneurship Moderator: Cheick Diarra, CEO, Mali Agribusiness Incubation Hub Rapporteur: Gracia Kahasha, AfDB Emna Ben Mustapha, Aquaspir, Tunisia Kimani Muturi, MD Afribanana, Kenya Awa Caba, CEO Sooretul, Senegal Beauty Manake, MD Kunga Farms, Botswana Molayo Owoeye, Agripreneur, IITA…”
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The Climate-Smart Village approach: putting communities at the heart of restoration by Sanogo, Diaminatou, Sall, Moussa, Camara, Baba Ansoumana, Diop, Mouhamadou, Badji, Marcel, Ba, Halimatou Sadyane

“…In Africa two-thirds of arable land is degraded. In Senegal, 2.5 million hectares are degraded (CSE 2011); the central “groundnut basin” is particularly affected. …”
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Enhanced climate information services and big data solutions to enhance smallholder production for value chains in West Africa - Project Flyer by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…The project focuses on Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal where it leverages the NADiRA H2020 innovation action on Nurturing Africa’s Digital Revolution for Agriculture, the CASCAID project on Capacitating African Stakeholders with Climate Advisories and Insurance Development, and the AIMS Mathematical Sciences for Climate Resilience (MS4CR) program. …”
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Regreening Africa: Consolidated Baseline Survey Report by Hughes, K.A., Oduol, J., Kegode, H., Ouattara, I., Vågen, Tor-Gunnar, Winowiecki, Leigh Ann, Bourne, M., Neely, C.L., Ademonla, D., Schoubroeck, F. van, Chomba, S., Carsan, S.

“…Regreening Africa (2017 to 2022) is part of a larger global and regional effort to reverse and halt land degradation, which is being implemented in eight African countries: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, and Somalia.…”
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Where are the most vulnerable areas to climate induced insecurities and risks in Nigeria? by Achicanoy Estrella, Harold Armando, Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Mendez Alzate, Andres Camilo, 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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Where are the most vulnerable areas to climate induced insecurities and risks in Zimbabwe? by Achicanoy Estrella, Harold Armando, Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Mendez Alzate, Andres Camilo, 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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How does climate exacerbate root causes of conflict? Mapping the science around climate security by Carneiro, Bia, Resce, Giuliano, 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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Where are the most vulnerable areas to climate induced insecurities and risks in Mali? by Achicanoy Estrella, Harold Armando, Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Mendez Alzate, Andres Camilo, 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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Maintaining or Abandoning African Rice: Lessons for Understanding Processes of Seed Innovation by Teeken, Béla, Nuijten, E., Temudo, M.P., Okry, F., Mokuwa, A., Struik, P.C., Richards, P.

“…Based on qualitative and quantitative research conducted between 2000 and 2012 we show how ecological factors, combined with socioeconomic variables, cultural norms and values, shape the use and development of local technologies related to the cultivation of African rice (Oryza glaberrima Steud.) in seven West African countries (Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Sierra Leone, The Gambia and Togo). In this region the role of African rice is diverse across ethnic groups. …”
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