Search Results - "West Africa"

Breeding for Disease Resistance in Cacao by Gutiérrez, Osman A., Campbell, Alina S., Phillips Mora, Wilbert

“…Pound and within a few decades cacao research centers had been established in all the major cacao producing areas worldwide including West Africa and Southeast Asia. Pound and other researchers have made several expeditions to the Amazon to collect wild cacao germplasm. …”
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Technical Advisory Committee Eighth Meeting, 24 July-2 August 1974: Draft Report by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…On the basis of the IDRC evaluation of the CARIS Pilot Project in West Africa, TAC recommended that the CGIAR provide transitional support for an expanded CARIS until it could be financed by FAO from 1976. …”
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Technical Advisory Committee First Meeting, 29 June - 2 July 1971: Report by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…It received information on the status of work related to: upland or rainfed crops, food legumes, animal health and production in tropical Africa, water use and management, rice development in West Africa and the existing program of WARDA, potato improvement in Latin America, and vegetable production in Asia. …”
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Technical Advisory Committee Fortieth Meeting, 22 June - 2 July 1986: Report of the Meeting by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…Instead, it made recommendations to IDRC, as requested, on criteria for an effective rice research program for West Africa.TAC discussed a number of points raised by the CGIAR Executive Secretary on follow up of the external review of IBPGR, and agreed that it was necessary to clarify responsibilities for genetic resources conservation among IBPGR, the centers, and TAC. …”
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Technical Advisory Committee Second Meeting, 19-22 October 1971: Report by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…Items discussed that remained on TAC's future agenda included: pasture and fodder research in Latin America; water use and management; the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center; Near East regional research; rice research in West Africa at WARDA; livestock in Southeast Asia; aquaculture; and a proposed expansion of IRRI operations into upland crops. …”
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Technical Advisory Committee Sixth Meeting, 25 July-2 August 1973: Draft Report by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…TAC recommended non CG support to a French-Upper Volta initiative on trypanosomiasis, and to a proposed project on agricultural mechanization in West Africa. Agenda items carried over to TAC 6 included: the management, operations, financial requirements, and collaboration with other IARCs of the proposed network for plant genetic resources; the report of the Research Review Mission to the Near East and North Africa; and the report of TAC's expert panel on aquaculture.…”
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Technical Advisory Committee Sixty-Fifth Meeting, 18-22 October 1994: Report of the Meeting by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…Two TAC sub-committees were asked to report at TAC 65 on the structure and composition of the proposed matrix of CGIAR programs.TAC provided guidance for the revision of a draft report on CGIAR regional commitments in West Africa. It considered a paper on CGIAR review processes which focused on the role of internal review processes at IARCs and discussed the status of a number of center and stripe reviews. …”
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Technical Advisory Committee Sixty-Sixth Meeting, 13-24 March 1995: Report of the Meeting by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…TAC also prepared a commentary on a redrafted panel report on CGIAR commitments in West Africa, submitted with comments by center directors.The Committee defined the process it would follow, including linked stripe reviews, in preparing its next report on CGIAR priorities and strategies, due to be presented at ICW96. …”
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Technical Advisory Committee Twenty-Third Meeting, 19-26 February 1980: Draft Report by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…It dispatched a mission to consider ICIPE's application for CGIAR sponsorship.TAC agreed with its Subcommittee on Upland Rice that some rice breeding resources should be transferred from West Africa (IITA) to Latin America (CIAT). After considering the response of ILCA's Board to the report of its Second Mission to ILCA, TAC reiterated that training and cooperation with African NARS required greater emphasis as compared to monitoring. …”
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CGIAR International Centers Week, Washington, DC, October 28: November 1, 1985: Main Conclusions Reached and Decisions Taken by CGIAR Secretariat

“…The Group supported research on rice production in West Africa, approved the WARDA budget for 1986 for immediate disbursements only, and decided to review WARDA actions at the next meeting.Other annexes are the list of participants, and the Chairman's opening address…”
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CGIAR Mid Term Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, May 19-23, 1986: Main Conclusions Reached and Decisions Taken by CGIAR Secretariat

“…The panel found WARDA incapable of managing an effective research program, and recommended establishment of a new West Africa Rice Research Institute. The Honorable F. …”
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CGIAR Mid Term Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 24-28, 1993: Summary of Proceedings and Decisions by CGIAR Secretariat

“…Much of the discussion centered on whether WARDA could survive at a resource level reflecting the relative priority of rice in West Africa.The CGIAR looked at MTPs for eleven centers. …”
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Cassava plant protection in Africa by Yaninek, John S.

“…A regional project to develop sustainable cassava plant protection in West Africa is presented as a model of appropriate cassava plant protection development; Plant protection; Pest control; Mononychellus tanajoa; Phenacoccus manihoti; Prostephanus truncatus; Zonocerus variegatus; Aleurodicus; Pathogens;AfricaManihot esculenta; Protección de las plantas; Control de plagas; Mononychellus tanajoa; Phenacoccus manihoti; Prostephanus truncatus; Zonocerus variegatus; Aleurodicus; Organismos patógenos; AfricaCassava;Yuca; Protección de plantas - Aspectos generales; Enfermedades de las plantas; Articles in proceedings; Artículos en memorias; Plagas de las PlantasProtection of plants - General aspects; Pests of plants; Plant diseases.…”
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Characterization of the mangrove swamp rice soils along the Great Scarcies River in Sierra Leone using principal component analysis by Baggie, I., Sumah, F., Zwart, Sander J., Sawyerr, P., Bandabla, T., Kamaraa, C.S.

“…Mangrove swamp rice cultivation is important for food security in some countries of West Africa including Sierra Leone. In this agro-ecology, rice is cultivated during the rainy season when freshwater flows in the rivers and salt and acidity concentrations have reduced to non-toxic levels. …”
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Characteristics of farmers’ selection criteria for cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) varieties differ between north and south regions of Burkina Faso by Ishikawa, H., Drabo, I., Joseph, B.B., Muranaka, S., Fatokun, C., Boukar, O.

“…Walp.) varieties was conducted using the data collected from farmers’ participatory varietal selection (FPVS) activities conducted over 3 years with a total of 2401 farmers (1230 male and 1171 female) in 13 villages in Tougouri department in northern region and Tiéfora department in southern region of Burkina Faso in West Africa. Over the 3 years, farmer criteria for variety selection remained basically stable, but some variations among the regions and years were noticed. …”
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The status of fungal tuber rots as a constraint to cassava production in the Pouma district of Cameroon by Messiga, A.J., Mwangi, M., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit, Nolte, C.

“…Fungal rots have been reported as a limiting factor to cassava production in the humid forests of Central and West Africa. Starting April 2003 tuber rots were studied for one year as part of a diagnostic survey designed to investigate biophysical and crop management factors limiting cassava production in Pouma district, located halfway between Douala and Yaoundé in Cameroon. …”
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Recommendation domains to scale out climate change adaptation in cocoa production in Ghana by Bunn, Christian, Läderach, Peter R.D., Quaye, Amos, Sander, Muilerman, Noponen, Martin R.A., Lundy, Mark M.

“…Climate change is threatening cocoa production in West Africa and guidance towards site-specific adaptation is required. …”
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Uptake of Climate-Smart Agricultural Technologies and Practices: Actual and Potential Adoption Rates in the Climate-Smart Village Site of Mali by Ouédraogo, Mathieu, Houessionon, Prosper, Zougmoré, Robert B., Partey, Samuel T.

“…Understanding the level of adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) technologies and practices and its drivers is needed to spur large-scale uptake of CSA in West Africa. This paper used the Average Treatment Effect framework to derive consistent parametric estimators of the potential adoption rates of eight CSA technologies and practices in the Climate-Smart Village (CSV) site of Mali. …”
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Factor analysis to investigate genotype and genotype X environment interaction effects on pro-vitamin A content and yield in maize synthetics by Mengesha Abera, W., Menkir, A., Meseka, S., Bossey, B., Afolabi, A., Burgueno, J., Crossa, J.

“…This study was conducted to understand the extent of GEI effects on both grain yield and provitamin A content in 21 maize synthetics and identify synthetics combining stable performance with high level provitamin A content across diverse environments in West Africa. Combined analysis of variance found significant (p < 0.01) GEI effects that prompted further investigation of the GEI magnitude using mixed model with factor analysis. …”
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Relationship between management practices, fungal infection and aflatoxin for stored maize in Benin by Hell, K., Cardwell, K.F., Poehling, H.M.

“…This study relates preharvest and harvest practises to postharvest quality of maize in Benin, West Africa. Fungal infection and aflatoxin levels were evaluated in 300 farmers’ stores in four agro‐ecological zones over 2 years (1993–1995), at the beginning of storage (sample A) and 6 months later (sample B). …”
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