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  1. Improved cropping systems for higher productivity in the dry savannas of West Africa by Singh, B.B., Ajeigbe, Hakeem A.

    Published 2000
    “…Most of the farmers in the dry savannas of West Africa plant local varieties of cowpea, millet, sorghum, and groundnut in various intercropping systems with little or no purchased inputs. …”
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  2. Use and management of biodiversity by smallholder farmers in semi-arid West Africa by Félix, Georges F., Diedhiou, Ibrahima, Le Garff, Marie, Timmermann, Cristian, Clermont-Dauphin, Cathy, Cournac, Laurent, Groot, Jeroen C.J., Tittonell, Pablo Adrian

    Published 2018
    “…Strategies that strengthen and use biodiversity are crucial for sustained food production and livelihoods in semiarid West Africa. The objective of this paper was to examine the role of biodiversity in sustaining diverse forms of multifunctional farming practices while at the same time providing ecological services to subsistence-oriented farming families in the region of study through mechanisms as (a) crop species diversification, (b) management of spatial heterogeneity, and (c) diversification of nutrition-sensitive landscapes. …”
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  3. Expanding Food Crop Research in the Dry Tropical Region of West Africa by Institut de Recherches Agronomiques Tropicales et des Cultures Vivrieres

    Published 1972
    “…Proposal for expansion of research in cereal and legume improvement, seed production, crop protection, post harvest technology, and training in West Africa in close liaison with ICRISAT. Review of research underway at existing scientific facilities in English and French speaking West Africa, and of the need for intensified research, Staff and financial requirements and proposed organizational structure to accommodate this expansion Agenda Item presented at TAC Third Meeting, April 1972.…”
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