Resultados de búsqueda - "West Africa"

Can local products compete against imports in West Africa? Supply-and demand-side perspectives on chicken, rice, and tilapia in Accra, Ghana por Andam, Kwaw S., Ragasa, Catherine, Asante, Seth, Amewu, Sena

“…This paper examines the prospects for import substitution in West Africa by analyzing the preferences of urban consumers for food product attributes. …”
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Exploring adaptation strategies for smallholder farmers in dryland farming systems and impact on pearl millet production under climate change in West Africa por Akinsey, Folorunso M, Inoussa, Zagre, Faye, Aliou, Joseph, Jacob Emanuel, Worou, Nadine, Whitbread, Anthony

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IITA-World Bank Establish Regional Hub for Fertilizers and soil Health in West Africa [Set-up and Operationalization of Regional partnership for impact] por Crouch, Jonathan, Vanlauwe, Bernard, Muzata, Barbra

“…These actions confirms the establishment of the hub per its deliverables by 2024 and solidify its’s foundation, enhancing the capacity to drive sustainable fertilizer and soil health solutions across Sahel and West Africa.…”
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Registration of ‘UAM15‑2157‑4’ cowpea cultivar combining high yield and market demand traits for the savanna regions of West Africa por Omoigui, L.O., Ekeruo, G., Shaibu, A.S., Kamara, A.Y., Iorlamen, T., Olufajo, O.O., Eseigbe, O.B., Solomon, R., Ugbaa, M.S., Timko, M.P.

“…In West Africa, cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp]. is an important food and source of nutrition for millions of people and feed for livestock. …”
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Smart-Valleys: a locally led adaptation solution that enhanced rice yield and nutrient uptake in inland valleys of Benin, West Africa por Akodekou, A.D., Dossou-Yovo, E.R.

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Cocoa intensification scenarios and their predicted impact on CO2 emissions, biodiversity conservation, and rural livelihoods in the Guinea rain forest of West Africa por Gockowski, J., Sonwa, D.J.

“…The Guinean rain forest (GRF) of West Africa, identified over 20 years ago as a global biodiversity hotspot, had reduced to 113,000 km2 at the start of the new millennium which was 18% of its original area. …”
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Sustainable intensification of key farming systems in the Sudano-Sahelian Zone of West Africa: Progress narrative/technical report for the rice-based component por Africa Rice Center

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Africa RISING West Africa: 2012 report on sustainable intensification of cereal-based farming systems in the Sudan and Guinea Savanna Zones in Mali por Weltzien, Eva

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Management of trypanocide resistance in the cotton belt of West Africa: Lessons learnt during the 10 years of the BMZ-funded regional coordinated project por Mungube, Erick, Diall, Oumar, Bauer, Burkhard, Grace, Delia, Affognon, Hippolyte D., Randolph, Thomas F., Boucoum, Zakaria, Sidibe, Issa, Clausen, Peter-Henning

“…For about 10 years, a regional collaborative project funded by BMZ involving research institutions in West Africa, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and German universities identified and mapped trypanocide resistance hot spots using field and laboratory methods in Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ghana and Benin. …”
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Forage legumes for improved fallows in agropastoral systems of subhumid West Africa. II. Green manure production and decomposition after incorporation into the soil por Muhr, L., Tarawali, Shirley A., Peters, Michael, Schultze-Kraft, Rainer

“…A short-term improved fallow system based on forage legumes for enhancing crop and livestock components of mixed farming systems was tested in the subhumid zone of West Africa. As part of the evaluation, the ability of 11 legume species (Centrosema macrocarpum, C. pubescens, Stylosanthes guianensis, Pueraria phaseoloides, Mucuna pruriens, Zornia glabra, Dioclea guianensis, Arachis pintoi, Aeschynomene histrix, Calopogonium caeruleum, Flemingia macrophylla) to accumulate biomass and nitrogen after dry season harvest of herbage was assessed at 2 sites in south-west Nigeria. …”
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Feed value of multipurpose fodder trees and shrubs in West Africa: Edible forage production and nutritive value of Millettia thonningii and Albizia lebbeck por Larbi, Asamoah, Smith, Jimmy W., Kurdi, I.O., Adekunle, I.O., Raji, A.M., Ladipo, D.O.

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Dairy response to feed supplementation and helminth control in indigenous cattle in traditional systems in West Africa: A case study from Nigeria por Agyemang, K., Smith, Jimmy W., Larbi, Asamoah

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Low-cost options for reducing consumer health risks from farm to fork where crops are irrigated with polluted water in West Africa por Amoah, Philip, Keraita, Bernard N., Akple, Maxwell Selase Kwasi, Drechsel, Pay, Abaidoo, Robert C., Konradsen, Flemming

“…To identify interventions which reduce health risks of consumers where highly polluted irrigation water is used to irrigate vegetables in West Africa, scientists worked over 5 years with farmers, market traders and street food vendors in Ghana. …”
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Sustainable intensification of crop-livestock mixed farming systems in the Guinea/Sudan Savanna Zone of West Africa: Africa RISING project document por Larbi, Asamoah, Hoeschle-Zeledon, Irmgard, Zemadim, Birhanu, Azzarri, Carlo

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Forage legumes for improved fallows in agropastoral systems of subhumid West Africa. II. Green manure production and decomposition after incorporation into the soil por Muhr, L, Tarawali, Shirley A., Peters, Michael, Schultze-Kraft, Rainer

“…A short-term improved fallow system based on forage legumes for enhancing crop and livestock components of mixed farming systems was tested in the subhumid zone of West Africa. As part of the evaluation, the ability of 11 legume species (Centrosema macrocarpum, C. pubescens, Stylosanthes guianensis, Pueraria phaseoloides, Mucuna pruriens, Zornia glabra, Dioclea guianensis, Arachis pintoi, Aeschynomene histrix, Calopogonium caeruleum, Flemingia macrophylla) to accumulate biomass and nitrogen after dry season harvest of herbage was assessed at 2 sites in south-west Nigeria. …”
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Field studies on the Development and impact of drug resistant animal trypanosomes in market oriented production systems in the Southern Guinean zone of West Africa por McDermott, John J., Sidibe, I., Bauer, B., Diarra, B., Clausen, Peter-Henning, Woitay, T., Ouédraogo, T., Kamuanga, M., Peregrine, A.S., Eisler, M.C., Mehlitz, D.

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Multiple uses of common pool resources in semi-arid West Africa: A survey of existing practices and options for sustainable resource management por Williams, Timothy O.

“…Common pool resources such as rangeland, forests, fallow fields, and ponds provide an array of social and economic benefits for a wide variety of users in semi-arid West Africa. However, poor definition and enforcement of the institutional arrangements governing the use of these resources sometimes lead to social conflicts and resource degradation. …”
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Potential use of the bushmint, Hyptis suaveolens, for the control of infestation by the pink stalk borer, Sesamia calamistis on maize in southern Benin, West Africa por Adda, C., Atachi, P., Hell, K., Tamo, Manuele

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Baseline protocols: the case of Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa (YIIFSWA) project; YIIFSWA working paper series, No. 4 por Mignouna, Djana B., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Alene, A., Akinola, Adebayo A., Maroya, N.

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Comparing FAMACHA© eye colour chart and haemoglobin colour scale tests for detecting anaemia and improving treatment of bovine trypanosomosis in West Africa por Grace, Delia, Himstedt, H., Sidibe, I., Randolph, Thomas F., Clausen, Peter-Henning

“…African animal trypanosomosis (AAT) is considered the most important cattle disease in sub-Saharan Africa but its diagnosis in the field is difficult, resulting in inappropriate treatments, excessive delay in treatments and under-treatment. A field study in West Africa investigated the usefulness of anemia in the diagnosis of trypanosomosis. …”
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