Resultados de búsqueda - "Upper West Region"

Carbon sequestration and farm income in West Africa: Identifying best management practices for smallholder agricultural systems in northern Ghana por González Estrada, E., Rodríguez, L.C., Walen, V.K., Naab, J.B., Koo, Jawoo, Jones, James W., Herrero, Mario, Thornton, Philip K.

“…A case study in Wa, Upper West Region of Ghana is used to test 48 different cropping strategies by means of a crop simulation model and a household-level multiple-criteria optimisation model. …”
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Local-level appraisal of benefits and barriers affecting adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices: Ghana por Peterson, C.A.

“…This study investigated the principal barriers hindering the adoption of CSA practices in the Upper West region of Ghana with the aim of inventorying existing uptake of CSA and providing recommendations to CCAFS as to practices with potential for further research or implementation on the farm level. …”
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To what extent do weather and climate information services drive the adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices in Ghana? por Djido, Abdoulaye, Zougmoré, Robert B., Houessionon, Prosper, Ouédraogo, Mathieu, Ouédraogo, Issa, Diouf, Ndeye Seynabou

“…This study examines this nexus by focusing on mobile phone delivery channels of weather forecasts through the ESOKO platform in the Upper West Region of Ghana. We employ a simultaneous equation system with a recursive bivariate probit model in which both the outcome (CSA practices) and the endogenous treatment variable (WCIS) are binary. …”
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Genetic diversity of some Ghanaian pigs based on microsatellite markers por Ayizanga, R.A., Kayang, B.B., Adomako, K., Adenyo, C., Inoue-Murayama, M., Asamoah, L.

“…When the Nei’s standard genetic distance based on the proportions of shared alleles was used to construct a neighbour joining tree, pigs from the different communities sampled in the Upper West region emerged with the highest bootstrap value of 90%. …”
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mNutrition Ghana Baseline Study por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Quantitative data-collection took place in the Central Region and Upper West Region of Ghana. At baseline, 3933 households from 207 communities (104 treatment and 103 control) were interviewed. …”
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mNutrition Ghana Endline Study por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Quantitative data-collection took place in the Central Region and Upper West Region of Ghana. At baseline, 3933 households from 207 communities (104 treatment and 103 control) were interviewed. …”
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Assessment of climate change policy and institutional context: The case of Ghana por Owuso Essegbey, George, Totin, Edmond, Karbo N, Sibiry Traoré, Pierre C., Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…The study was based on the CCAFS Platform areas in Upper West Region. The research shows that though some efforts were made in the specific case of the National Climate Change Policy (NCCP), inclusion in the process did not reach the grassroots. …”
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Socio-cultural determinants of on-farm policies and Innovation adoption in Ghana por Ofosu-ampong, Kingsley, Yaovi Comlan, Rene, Jizorkuwie, Abdul-latif Baamonyor, Abera, Wuletawu, Yeboah, Patricia Amankwaa, Masoud, Jalaludeen

“…This study investigates the influence of socio-cultural factors such as social network ties, traditional knowledge and farmer incentives on-farm policies and innovation adoption in Upper West Region of Ghana. Using a cross-sectional design, we collected data from 568 farmers who cultivate cereals and legumes such as maize, millet, sorghum, soybeans and groundnuts. …”
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Socio-cultural determinants of on-farm policies and innovation adoption in Ghana por Ofosu-Ampong, Kingsley, Yaovi Comlan, Rene, Jizorkuwie, Abdul-latif Baamonyor, Yeboah, Patricia Amankwaa, Masoud, Jalaludeen, Abera, Wuletawu

“…This study investigates the influence of socio-cultural factors such as social network ties, traditional knowledge and farmer incentives on-farm policies and innovation adoption in Upper West Region of Ghana. Using a cross sectional design, we collected data from 568 farmers who cultivate cereals and legumes such as maize, millet, sorghum, soybeans and groundnuts. …”
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In vivo digestibility of six selected fodder species by goats in northern Ghana por Avornyo, Franklin K., Partey, Samuel T., Zougmoré, Robert B., Asare, Sylvester, Agbolosu, Anthony Amison, Akufo, Naana Mintaah, Sowah, Nicholas Adjetey, Konlan, Solomon Pigangsoa

“…These were selected indigenous browse species and groundnut haulms in Lawra and Jirapa Districts of the Upper West Region of Ghana. Groundnut haulms served as a control due to its known good digestibility in small ruminants. …”
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A new phosphorus fertilizer blend enhances grain legume yield and profitability in northern part of Ghana por Adjei-Nsiah, S., Ulzen, J.

“…In farmer-managed trials, only the yield of groundnuts varied with the different P-fertilizer blends in the Upper West region, suggesting that P utilization may be location-specific for groundnuts. …”
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Engaging nutrition stakeholders in Poyentanga: A case study on local-level multisector coordination por Billings, Lucy, Wullingdool, Emmanuel

“…A multisector nutrition committee was formed in Poyentanga, a subdistrict of Wa West District in the impoverished Upper West region of Ghana, where acute child malnutrition is driven by seasonal food insecurity. …”
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Gender and climate risk management: evidence of climate information use in Ghana por Partey, Samuel T., Dakorah, Angela D., Zougmoré, Robert B., Ouédraogo, Mathieu, Nyasimi, Mary, Nikoi, Gordon K, Huyer, Sophia

“…The study was carried out at the Lawra-Jirapa Districts of the Upper West Region of Ghana where downscaled seasonal forecast information through mobile phone technologies (Esoko platform) had been disseminated to farmers since 2011. …”
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On-farm evaluation and determination of sources of variability of soybean response to Bradyrhizobium inoculation and phosphorus fertilizer in northern Ghana por Ulzen, J., Abaidoo, Robert C., Ewusi-Mensah, N., Masso, C.

“…Grain yield response in the Northern region was higher than in the Upper West region. Response to P and or I were highly variable within and between locations. …”
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Candidate fodder species for goat production in Northern Ghana por Partey, Samuel T., Avornyo, Franklin K., Ouédraogo, Mathieu, Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…In the Lawra and Jirapa Districts of the Upper West Region of Ghana, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change and Agriculture (CCAFS) established a Climate-Smart Village (CSV), an agriculture research for develop-ment site where various agricultural innovations are tested on their potential to deliver on any of the 3 pillars (produc-tivity, adaptation and mitigation) of climate-smart agricul-ture (CSA). …”
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Tillage and fertilizer effect on maize and soybean yields in the Guinea savanna zone of Ghana por Buah, Saaka S.J., Ibrahim, Hachim, Derigubah, Mavis, Kuzie, Martin, Segtaa, James Vuuro, Bayala, Jules, Zougmoré, Robert B., Ouédraogo, Mathieu

“…Methods: Research was conducted with smallholder farmers in 2013 and 2014 in two communities in the Upper West Region of Ghana to evaluate the effects of NPK mineral fertilizer (64–38–38 kg ha−1 N–P2O5–K2O, respectively) on growth and yield of maize at Bompari, and 375 kg ha−1 of YaraLegume™ fertilizer (0–18–13 NPK + 3 CaO + 2 MgO + 4 S) on growth and yield of soybean at Doggoh, under no-tillage (using pre-plant application of glyphosate) and conventional tillage (using hand hoe). …”
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Testing innovations through multisite trials to bridge the gap between research and real-world farming in Northern Ghana por Amankwaa-Yeboah, Patricia, Jizorkuwie, Abdul-latif Baamonyor, Mponela, Powell, Agbesi, Keteku, Masoud, Jalaludeen, Ofori, Patrick, Yeboah, Stephen, Dugan, Emmanuel, Akpatsu, Isaac Boatey, Agyarko Fosu, Fred, Ofosu-Ampong, Kingsley, Abera, Wuletawu

“…A multi-site study was conducted in Ghana, encompassing 12 locations: six in the Upper West Region, five in the Northern Region, and one in the Savannah Region. …”
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Delineation of flood risk terrains and rainfall visualisation in the North Western part of Ghana por Dekongmen, B. W., Kabo-bah, A. T., Anornu, G. K., Akpoti, Komlavi, Amo-Boateng, M., Antwi, E. O., Boamah, E. O., Sunkari, E. D.

“…Flooding, exacerbated by the challenges of climate change, poses a growing threat to communities in the Upper West Region (UWR) of Ghana. This persistent issue, particularly during the rainy seasons has subjected the region to several losses of properties and lives over the years. …”
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Cashews for cash por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…In five years' time Ghana's Upper West Regional Administration will have planted 100,000 cashew and other economically profitable trees in a project financed by the United Nations Development Programme. …”
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Improving the resilience and productivity of smallholder farming systems through intercropping and data-driven fertilizer Recommendations in Northern Ghana por Jizorkuwie, Abdul-latif Baamonyor, Masoud, Jalaludeen, Yeboah, Patricia Amankwaa, Ofosu-ampong, Kingsley, Abera, Wuletawu

“…Demonstrations were conducted in ten communities in the Northern and Upper West regions. Two treatments were evaluated, maize-cowpea intercrop with SSF sand sole maize with farmer applied fertilizer rates. …”
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