Resultados de búsqueda - "West Africa"

Innovation platforms as spaces for rural change—Some experiences from ILRI por Duncan, Alan J.

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Controlling aflatoxin contamination por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Contamination of maize grain by the fungus, Aspergillus flavus, is reaching worrying levels in many areas of West Africa. This infection of grain may be responsible for the rising number of nutritional disorders of children as the fungal toxins, or...…”
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People at work [2] por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…The Special Paper in CTA s Annual Report 2001, by Betty Wampfler discusses Achievements, limits and prospects of microfinance as a means of financing agricultural and rural development: the experience in West Africa'.…”
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Africa RISING Mali team achievements until 2013 por Mourik, Tom A. van

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Fitting technology options to farmer context in Mali por Ollenburger, M.H.

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Africa RISING Phase II: What's new? por Hoeschle-Zeledon, Irmgard

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Africa RISING scaling opportunities and partners - Ghana por Karbo, N.

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Improving sales strategies for the cashew market por Kedja, Serge

“…N'Kalo, a service in West Africa that provides information about cashew nuts and sesame seeds, is helping farmers improve their sales strategies and increasing their profits…”
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Systems and Operations of the Ghana Science-Policy Dialogue Platform on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security por Botchway, Vincent Ansah, Sam, Kingsley Odum, Karbo, Naaminong, Essegbey, George Owusu, Nutsukpo, Delali, Agyemang, Kingsley, Zougmoré, Robert B., Partey, Samuel T.

“…The threat posed by climate change and its variability within sub-Saharan Africa especially West Africa is compounded by its weak economies and high dependence on Agriculture as a major driver of economic growth. …”
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A global overview of cassava genetic diversity por Ferguson, Morag E., Shah, Tushaar, Kulakow, Peter A., Ceballos, Hernán

“…A synthesis of results from genetic distance and ADMIXTURE analysis essentially revealed four populations (i) South American germplasm characterised by relatively higher genetic diversity with hypothetical ancestral founder genotypes from Brazil, (ii) a smaller group of African introduction germplasm which is more distantly related to all other germplasm, (iii) West Africa germplasm dominated by IITA breeding lines, containing sources of cassava mosaic disease resistance, and IITA genebank accessions from West Africa, both characterised by slightly lower diversity, and (iv) a less cohesive group of African germplasm, termed ‘Other’, with moderate levels of diversity and a majority of germplasm from ESC Africa. …”
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Enhancing women’s rights and lives through gender-equitable restoration in Burkina Faso por Tiendrébéogo, Safiétou, Ouédraogo, Adidjata, Kabore, Ramané, Zougouri, Sita, Elias, Marlène, Traoré, Alain Touta, Vinceti, Barbara, Traoré, Daouda, Yago-Ouattara, Emma Lucie

“…Gender differences and gender inequalities in rights, status and responsibilities significantly shape daily rural life and life cycles in rural West Africa (Levasseur 2003), where women face significant constraints in participating in activities aimed at restoring forests and farmland. …”
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Elemental composition of the rice plant as affected by iron toxicity under field conditions por Sahrawat, K.L.

“…Iron (Fe) toxicity is a major nutrient disorder affecting the production of wetland rice in the humid zone of West Africa. Little attention has been given to determining the macro‐ and micronutrient composition of rice plants grown on wetland soils where Fe toxicity is present although results from such study could provide useful information about the involvement of other nutrients in the occurrence of Fe toxicity. …”
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Community forests as beacons of conservation: Enabling local populations monitor their biodiversity por Fa, J.E., Luiselli, L.

“…In this article, we highlight the importance of conserving the Guinean forests of West Africa, which are rich in biodiversity and endemism but threatened by habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation. …”
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Yield gaps and potential agricultural growth in West and Central Africa por Nin-Pratt, Alejandro, Johnson, Michael, Magalhaes, Eduardo, You, Liangzhi, Diao, Xinshen, Chamberlin, Jordan

“…The authors identify a set of development priorities for agriculture that cut across West Africa at both the country and regional levels to achieve economywide growth goals in the region. …”
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Promoting participation of agricultural households in the milk market: evidence from northern Cote d’Ivoire por Coulibaly, Jeanne Y., Balagtas, J.V., Jabbar, M.A., Negassa, A.

“…The analysis of rural dairy markets in Côte d’Ivoire also represents a rare look at market participation in West Africa. Market participation has been the focus of several economic studies in East Africa, but very few analyses address the issue of participation in dairy markets in West Africa. …”
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Development of an informative set of Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) markers for sweetpotato fingerprinting and diversity assessment in the West African sub-region. por Thompson, R., Quain, M., Afriyie-Debrah, Charles, Carey, E.E.

“…A set of informative markers was identified for the rationalization of sweetpotato germplasm conservation and uilization in Ghana and West Africa…”
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Observations of entomophagy across Benin – practices and potentials por Riggi, L., Veronesi, M., Goergen, Georg E., MacFarlane, C., Verspoor, R.L.

“…New families of edible arthropods in West Africa include: Bradyporidae (Orthoptera), Coreidae (Hemiptera), Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), Ixodidae (Acari). …”
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Advances in yam and cassava nematology research at IITA por Coyne, D., Mudiope, J., Hugues, B.

“…Research at the IITA in East and West Africa has made progress towards improved knowledge on these pests. …”
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The implication of economic partnership agreement for Africa, Caribbean and Pacific groups : a general equilibrium analysis por Adamu Angelo, Alemnesh

“…Trade creation dominates trade diversion except for Central Africa, West Africa and the rest of non-ACP region under EPA. …”

INIBAP informe anual 2004 por International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain

“…Reconciling modernity and tradition to conserve diversity ; when West Africa meets Latin America ; the accidental pathogen ; bringing back an old favourite, the capitalist way and INIBAP in brief.…”
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