Resultados de búsqueda - "West Africa"

Meta-analysis of peer-reviewed agricultural research data from Africa por Rosenstock, Todd S., Steward, Peter Richard, Lamanna, Christine

“…Supplemental support was provided by European Union-International Fund for Agricultural Development (EU-IFAD) as part of the Building Livelihoods and Resilience to Climate Change in East and West Africa project (CIAT: C-102-19); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service project Operationalizing Climate-Smart Agriculture in Kenya and Malawi (USDA-FAS: FX18TA-10960C017); World Bank for Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plans (CSAIPs) (CIAT: C-109-19); EU-IFAD under the CCAFS-IFAD project Increasing food security and farming system resilience in East Africa through wide-scale adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices (CIAT: C-082-14); CCAFS Flagship on Low-Emissions Development (FP3); Center for International Forestry Research’s Evidence-based Forestry (CIFOR-EBF)…”
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Implications of restricted access to grazing by cattle in wet season in the Sahel por Ayantunde, Augustine A., Fernández Rivera, S., Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y., Tabo, Ramadjita

“…The results demonstrate that the common practice of tethering sedentary cattle in the wet season in the southern Sahel in West Africa reduces forage intake and consequently average daily gain.…”
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Ethnobotany and Perceptions on the Value of Taro (Colocasia esculenta) among farmers in the Benin Republic por Quenum, Z.N.J., Kumar, P. Lava, Akoroda, M.O., Dansi, A., Vetukuri, R.R., Bhattacharjee, Ranjana

“…The taro leaf blight (TLB) epidemic in 2009, caused by Phytophthora colocasiae, has destroyed taro production and wiped out many taro landraces in West Africa. A survey was conducted in the southern region of Benin to assess the status of taro and TLB, ethnobotany, farmers' perceptions of taro, and identify production constraints. …”
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Breeding cowpea for adaptation to intercropping for sustainable intensification in the Guinea Savannas of Nigeria por Omoigui, L., Kamara, A., Shaibu, A.S., Aliyu, K.T., Tofa, A., Solomon, R., Olasan, O.J.

“…Most smallholder farmers in West Africa cultivate this crop in intercropping systems where its low plant population does not allow the full expression of the cultivars’ yield potential. …”
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Phenotypic diversity within Ugandan yam (Dioscorea species) germplasm collection por Adjei, E.A., Esuma, E., Alicai, Titus, Bhattacharjee, Ranjana, Dramadri, I., Agaba, R., Chamba, E., Odong, Thomas L.

“…The study sought to characterize the diversity of yam germplasm utilized for decades in Uganda together with germplasm recently introduced from West Africa using phenotypic traits. A germplasm collection of 291 genotypes was characterized using 28 phenotypic traits. …”
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Maize Lethal Necrosis (MLN) and its management por Prasanna, Boddupalli M., Mahabaleswara, Suresh L.

“…The threat of the disease spreading to other regions in sub-Saharan Africa (e.g., southern Africa or West Africa) still looms. Therefore, it is important to continue implementing an integrated disease management approach for sustainable management of the disease in the MLN-prevalent countries whether in Africa, Americas or Asia, and continued efforts on MLN disease monitoring and surveillance globally. …”
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Genetic Control of Beta-carotene, Iron and Zinc Content in Sweetpotato por Baafi, E., Ofori, K., Carey, E.E., Gracen, V.E., Blay, E.T., Manu-Aduening, J.

“…In spite of extensive promotion of orange-fleshed sweetpotato varieties (OFSPs), they are poorly utilized as staple food in most parts of West Africa because of their low dry matter and high sugar content. …”
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A Survey on Nutrition Related Issues by AVRDC por World Vegetable Center

“…Project title: Sustainable Intensification of Key Farming Systems in the Sudano-Sahelian Zone of West Africa. Project abstract: As part of the Feed the Future Initiative, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is supporting an innovative multi-stakeholder agricultural research program, the Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING). …”
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Targeted Subsidies and Private Market Participation: An Assessment of Fertilizer Demand in Nigeria por Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O.

“…Few empirical studies, if any, exist on the effect of targeted subsidies on private input demand in Nigeria or West Africa . Consequently this study begins to fill this gap by estimating the effect of a targeted input subsidy on farmer participation in the private fertilizer market in Nigeria. …”
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Linking migration, HIV/AIDS and urban food security in Southern and Eastern Africa por Crush, Jonathan, Frayne, Bruce, Grant, Miriam

“…Recent studies from the Southern and Eastern Africa as well as West Africa show that where urban and rural links are strong, it is the resources associated with these connections that dominate urban households’ coping strategies, rather than the intra-urban household relationships suggested by the current literature on urban livelihoods amongst the poor. …”
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The Imperative for Strengthening Soil Information Systems in Africa: Reflections and Key Insights from Practice por African Union Development Agency, NEPAD

“…It examines the current landscape of soil data systems, showcases practical examples such as the Makueni County Resource Hub and the West Africa Regional Soil Hub, and emphasizes the importance of integrating and aligning soil health indicators in continental policy frameworks including the Nairobi and Kampala Declarations, the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health (AFSH) Action Plan (2023–2033), and the Ten-Year Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Strategy and Action Plan (2026–2035). …”
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Harmonizing Climate Risk Management in Agricultural Extension (CRMAE) Curricula Targeting Livestock Systems por Grossi, Amanda, Borthwick, Fiona, Simm, Geoff, Menéndez, Martín Del Valle, Worou, Nadine, Crane, Todd A., Belay, Berhanu, Hansen, James

“…The workshop culminated in consensus on a harmonized set of core competencies and next steps for co-developing localized curriculum materials, thereby strengthening climate-resilient extension for pastoralist systems in East and West Africa.…”
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Integrated and enhanced dataset on food security and household coping strategies of Burkina Faso (2018-2023) por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…This dataset integrates and standardizes multiple cross-sectional household food security surveys conducted twice a year to support the Cadre Harmonisé process in West Africa. The surveys are carried out in two waves each year: First wave: Conducted before the start of the lean season (around February-March) Second wave: Conducted at the end of the lean season or beginning of the harvesting period (around September-October) These large-scale surveys are generally representative at the second-tier administrative level and capture data on the access and stability dimensions of food security. …”
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Integrated and enhanced dataset on food security and household coping strategies of Niger (2018-2023) por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…This dataset integrates and standardizes multiple cross-sectional household food security surveys conducted twice a year to support the Cadre Harmonisé process in West Africa. The surveys are carried out in two waves each year: First wave: Conducted before the start of the lean season (around February-March); Second wave: Conducted at the end of the lean season or beginning of the harvesting period (around September-October) These large-scale surveys are generally representative at the second-tier administrative level and capture data on the access and stability dimensions of food security. …”
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Integrated and enhanced dataset on food security and household coping strategies of Mali (2018-2023) por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…This dataset integrates and standardizes multiple cross-sectional household food security surveys conducted twice a year to support the Cadre Harmonisé process in West Africa. The surveys are carried out in two waves each year: First wave: Conducted before the start of the lean season (around February-March) Second wave: Conducted at the end of the lean season or beginning of the harvesting period (around September-October) These large-scale surveys are generally representative at the second-tier administrative level and capture data on the access and stability dimensions of food security. …”
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Integrated and enhanced dataset on food security and household coping strategies of Chad (2018-2023) por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…This dataset integrates and standardizes multiple cross-sectional household food security surveys conducted twice a year to support the Cadre Harmonisé process in West Africa. The surveys are carried out in two waves each year: First wave: Conducted before the start of the lean season (around February-March) Second wave: Conducted at the end of the lean season or beginning of the harvesting period (around September-October) These large-scale surveys are generally representative at the second-tier administrative level and capture data on the access and stability dimensions of food security. …”
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Mulch requirements for erosion control with the no-till system in the tropics: a review por Lal, R.

“…Engineering practices of water runoff management are expensive to install and their effectiveness depends on regular maintenance. Research in West Africa and elsewhere in the tropics has indicated the potential of biological control measures associated with mulch farming techniques and of no-till system in reducing runoff and soil erosion to within tolerable limits. …”
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Effects of tillage methods and mulching on erosion and physical properties of a sandy clay loam in an equatorial warm humid region por Khatibu, A.I., Lal, R., Jana, R.K.

“…Results of crop performance for the no-till treatment and of rainfall erosivity index are not in agreement with those previously experienced in West Africa.…”
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Roadmap for institutionalizing agricultural data hub in Mali por Diallo, Aboubacar, Bengaly, O, Dossou-Yovo, E.R

“…These efforts aim to entrench the Ag-Data Hub as a key element of Mali digital agriculture landscape and as a replicable model for West Africa.…”
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Up in Smoke: Biomass Burning, Land Cover Change, and Atmospheric Emissions in the Sudanian Savannas of Côte d’Ivoire por Koné, M., Bassett, T.J., Nkem, J.

“…The findings are particularly relevant to current debates on the environmental impact of agricultural and pastoral systems in West Africa and to policy discussions focused on global climate change.…”
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