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From ‘cuy' in South America to ‘cavy' in sub-Sahara Africa: Advancing development through South-South Cooperation by Maass, Brigitte L., Chauca-Francia, L., Chiuri, Wanjiku L., Djikeng, Appolinaire, Meutchieye, F., Pengelly, Bruce C., Seré Rabé, Carlos

“…Cavy is indigenous in South America and has been introduced to sub-Sahara Africa (SSA), where it has an extensive distribution from Senegal in the West to Tanzania in the East. The remarkable adoption by smallholder farmers and peri-urban dwellers of a simple, apparently suitable technology has not received much international attention. …”
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Comportamiento y manejo de Khaya senegalensis Juss en Oropoli, El Paraíso, Honduras by Ortiz A., Osman A.

“…Entre agosto y septiembre de 2012 se evaluó una plantación de Khaya senegalensis, cuya semilla procede de Burkina Faso y Senegal, en Oropolí, El Paraíso. El sitio se encuentra a 450 m de elevación y tiene una precipitación promedio total anual de 760.6 mm. …”
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Assessing rice production sustainability performance indicators and their gaps in twelve sub-Saharan African countries by Arouna, A., Devkota, Krishna Prasad, Yergo, W.G., Saito, Kazuki, Frimpong, B.N., Adegbola, Patrice Ygue, Depieu, M.E., MalaaKenyi, D., Ibro, G., Fall, A.A., Usman, S.

“…Data were collected between 2013–2014 from 2907 farmers from two rice production systems (irrigated and rainfed lowlands) across five agroecological zones (arid, semiarid, humid, subhumid and highlands) in 12 countries (Benin, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Madagascar, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Togo). The exploitable gap for each indicator (the difference between the mean of 10 % highest-yielding farms and the mean-yielding farms) was calculated across the countries, the two production systems and agroecological zones. …”
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Africa-Wide Training on the Improved NextGen Approach (PyCPT2.5) for Seasonal and Subseasonal Forecasting and Climate Data Analysis and Visualization Tools by Grossi, Amanda, Robertson, Andrew, Rose, Alison, Singh, Bohar, Trzaska, Sylwia, Ehsan, Azhar, Kaplan, Aaron, Dinku, Tufa

“…Towards these ends, the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), as part of Columbia Climate School at Columbia University, has been working closely with the national meteorological services in AICCRA target countries (Ethiopia, Kenya Zambia, Senegal, Ghana, Mali) alongside their associated regional climate centres (RCCs), the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) in East Africa and the Regional Centre for Training and Application in Agrometeorology and Operational Hydrology (AGRHYMET) in West Africa, to improve seasonal and subseasonal forecasting capacities using the NextGen (PyCPT) approach. …”
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Development of ‘Leave No One Behind’ indicators on Sustainable Development Goals and targets for ClimBeR project countries by Chakrabarti, P. G. D., Amarnath, Giriraj

“…CGIAR Initiative on Climate Resilience (ClimBeR) focuses on seven representative, low and middle income countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America naming Kenya Morocco, Senegal, Zambia, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Guatemala. …”
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National launch of the Climate Smart Governance (CSG) Dashboard and the policy dialogue on CSG Dashboard applications to strengthen national adaptation planning and climate investm... by Alahacoon, Niranga, Amarnath, Giriraj

“…It has also been launched in Zambia and Senegal and is accessible to governments and communities worldwide.…”
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Strengthening the implementation of the Climate Smart Governance (CSG) Dashboard and the provincial-level consultations to gather insights for enhancing the CSG Dashboard by Alahacoon, Niranga, Amarnath, Giriraj, Sivananthan, Piriyanka

“…It has also been launched in Zambia and Senegal, and is accessible to governments and communities worldwide.…”
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Semences et materiel de plantation en Afrique occidentale, No. 14 by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

“…Le demier numaro etait consacre aux nouvelles du WASNET notamment au compte rendu de la quatrieme session du Comile de plotage, aux Aetes de la deuxieme assemblee generale tenue du 23 au 26 fevrier 2004 it Dakar (Senegal), ainsi qu'au lancemen! des associations semencieres nationales du Mali et du Niger. …”
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Afrikansk hästpest by Wester, Simon

“…Viruset är endemiskt i södra Afrika samt Senegal i väst och Etiopien i öster. Det har dock orsakat utbrott i Europa där Spanien och Portugal drabbats i samband med import av subkliniskt sjuka zebror. …”
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CTA Rapport de fin de projet: RONGEAD by Fautrel, Vincent, Ba, Aichetou

“…Le présent projet a été exécuté dans huit pays (Togo, Bénin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Niger et Sénégal). Signalons aussi qu’un neuvième pays (Guinée) s’est ajouté entre temps aux 8 autres pays. …”
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Factors influencing gender and youth integration in agricultural research and innovation in Africa by Yami, M., Abioye, O., Sore, S.Z., Mugisho, A., Abdoulaye, T.

“…The desk review was supplemented by 30 interviews with key informants in FNSSA projects across Africa including Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Ghana, Madagascar, Nigeria, Kenya, Senegal, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda, and an interactive workshop with key stakeholders working on gender and youth integration issues across Africa. …”
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Renforcement de capacités en Agriculture Intelligente face au Climat (AIC) au Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger et Togo : Rapport de synthèse des ateliers régionaux by Akponikpè, Pierre B.I., Zakari, Sissou, Legbagah, Sèna H, Kindo, Yassia, Gibrilla, Ahmed, Moussa, Abdou, Kpadenou, Anani K, Segnon, Alcade Christel, Zougmore, Robert Bellarmin

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Renforcement de capacités en Agriculture Intelligente face au Climat (AIC) au Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger et Togo: Rapport de synthèse des ateliers nationaux by Akponikpè, Pierre B.I., Zakari, Sissou, Legbagah, Sèna H, Kindo, Yassia, Gibrilla, Ahmed, Moussa, Abdou, Kpadenou, Anani K, Segnon, Alcade Christel, Zougmore, Robert Bellarmin

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Report on the 2023 review and 2024 activity planning workshop of the CGIAR initiative on agroecology project by Ouattara, Songdah Désiré, Orounladji, Michel, Sib, Ollo

“…The CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology implementation steering team includes members of several CGIAR centres and alliances (Alliance of Biodiversity International and CIAT, IWMI, IFPRI, CIMMYT, CIP, WorldFish and IITA), as well as international partners (CIRAD and CIFOR-ICRAF) and national partners in each country (Burkina Faso, India, Kenya, Laos, Peru, Senegal, Tunisia, Zimbabwe). In Burkina Faso, the Initiative on Agroecology is led by the CIRAD and its partners, the CIRDES and the INERA. …”
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Spatially explicit multi-threat assessment of food tree species in Burkina Faso: A fine-scale approach by Gaisberger, H., Kindt, Roeland, Loo, J., Schmidt, M., Bognounou, F., Da, S.S., Diallo, O.B., Ganaba, S., Gnoumou, A., Lompo, D.J.-P., Lykke, A.M., Mbayngone, E., Nacoulma, B.M.I., Ouédraogo, M., Ouédraogo, O., Parkouda, C., Porembski, S., Savadogo, P., Thiombiano, Adjima, Zerbo, G., Vinceti, B.

“…Guided by literature and local experts we selected 16 important food tree species (Acacia macrostachya, Acacia senegal, Adansonia digitata, Annona senegalensis, Balanites aegyptiaca, Bombax costatum, Boscia senegalensis, Detarium microcarpum, Lannea microcarpa, Parkia biglobosa, Sclerocarya birrea, Strychnos spinosa, Tamarindus indica, Vitellaria paradoxa, Ximenia americana, Ziziphus mauritiana) and six key threats to them (overexploitation, overgrazing, fire, cotton production, mining and climate change). …”
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Evaluating the potential of culms from sugarcane and energy cane varieties grown in Argentina for second‑generation ethanol production by Ousmane Kane, Aissata, Arnoldi Pellergini, Vanessa, Espirito Santo, Melissa, Diop Ngom, Balla, Garcia, José María, Acevedo, Alberto, Erazzu, Luis Ernesto, Polikarpov, Igor

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Results and Impacts of the Integrated Land and Water Management for Adaptation to Climate Variability and Change (ILWAC) Project: Evaluation Report by Kizito, Fred, Mwongera, Caroline, Pondi, Brian, Mwungu, Chris M., Odhiambo, Collins, Koech, Nicholas, Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, Nkonya, Ephraim M., Nigussie, Likie, Appoh, Richard K., Touré, Abdoulaye, Sakana, Naomi, Billard, Benjamin, Jalloh, Abdulai, Bamba, Cheikh Ahmadou, Kuiseu, Julienne, Kouamé, Kouadio, Akana, David

“…There is an evident lack of access to formal safety nets as indicated by farmers in Senegal (ENRACCA-WA) and Burkina Faso (AmREACCAF and APESS) projects. …”
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Scaling up of CSA Platforms at the Subnational (District) Levels in Ghana: a Progressive Achievement of Theghana CCAFS Science-Policy Platform by Botchway, Vincent Ansah, Sam, Kingsley Odum, Karbo, Naaminong, Essegbey, George Owusu, Nutsukpo, Delali, Agyemang, Kingsley, Zougmoré, Robert B., Partey, Samuel T.

“…The CCAFS programme in West Africa coordinated by ICRISAT, Bamako involving Ghana, Mali and Senegal was able to set up national multi-stakeholder platforms for sharing information on climate change and related policy issues. …”
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Mise en œuvre de l’approche Village intelligent face au climat (VIC) pour améliorer la résilience des communautés rurales by Diouf, Ndeye Seynabou, Ouédraogo, Issa, Gnalenba, Ablouka, Ouédraogo, Mathieu, Sanogo, Diaminatou, Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…Le projet USAID/CINSERE (Services d’information climatiques pour améliorer la résilience et la productivité au Sénégal) est un projet de résilience qui vise à (i) renforcer les capacités nationales pour la production, l’accès et la diffusion efficiente d’informations météorologiques et climatiques (IMC) et à (ii) développer des stratégies pour une mise à l’échelle durable de l’utilisation des services d’information météorologiques et climatiques (SIMC) sur toute l’étendue du territoire national. …”
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Confirmation of Bacterial Leaf Streak Caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola on Rice in Madagascar by Poulin, L., Raveloson, H., Sester, M., Raboin, L.M., Silué, D., Koebnik, R., Szurek, B.

“…BLS is prevalent in Asia and West Africa, where it was first reported in Nigeria and Senegal in the early 1980s (4). Recently, molecular analysis of strains from Mali (2) and Burkina Faso (5) further confirmed the presence of BLS in West Africa. …”
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