Search Results - "West Africa"

Outcome of Negotiations with WARDA by CGIAR Secretariat

“…TAC's views on integrated rice research program in West Africa; andIII. the resolution of a June-July 1986 meeting of the chiefs of state of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) regarding the commitment of member states to pay their dues in arrears and to stabilize their support to WARDA. …”
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Developing and deploying non- and low-sweet sweetpotato cultivars for expanding markets by Carey, E.E., Swanckaert, J., Dery, E., Akansake, D., Saaka, J., Abidin, P.E., Adofo, K., Baafi, E., Muzhingi, T., David, M., Low, Jan W., Grüneberg, W.J.

“…A major objective of breeding at the Sweetpotato Support Platform for West Africa in Ghana, is the development of non-sweet cultivars suitable for use as staple foods, or in fried and other processed products. …”
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A screening protocol for developing high-yielding upland rice varieties with superior weed-suppressive ability by Saito, Kazuki

“…In West Africa, upland rice (Oryza spp.) is mainly grown in low-input systems by resource-poor farmers. …”
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Designing low-input upland rice-based cropping systems with conservation agriculture for climate change adaptation: A six-year experiment in M’bé, Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire by Husson, O., Tano, B.F., Saito, Kazuki

“…Climate change models predict an increase in climate variability in the future, with more rainfall extremes and greater risks, causing a negative impact on crops produced by smallholders in West Africa. Conservation Agriculture (CA) systems can be effective in mitigating yield loss in environments with increased weather risk. …”
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Defining a target population of environments in Africa for Brachiaria sp. and Guinea grass breeding by Mora, Brayan, Jauregui, Rosa Noemi, Llanos Herrera, Lizeth, Peters, Michael, Van Der Hoek, Rein, Notenbaert, An

“…Finally, the process was adjusted by calculating the similarity between the centroid of one of the groups defined in Southeast and West Africa and the same group using the prediction for Colombia. …”
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Nutritional Changes During Biofortified Maize Fermentation (Steeping) for Ogi Production by Ortiz, Darwin, Nkhata, Smith, Buechler, Aimee, Rocheford, Torbert R., Ferruzzi, Mario G.

“…Fermentation is widely used in West Africa in the production of fermented cereal flours and in preparation of porridges and weaning foods. …”
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Future land use simulation modeling for sustainable urban development under the shared socioeconomic pathways in West African megacities: insights from Greater Accra Region by Siabi, E. K., Kabo-bah, A. T., Anornu, G., Akpoti, Komlavi, Mortey, E. M., Incoom, A. B. M., Yeboah, K. A.

“…Using 15 years of historical Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) data combined with Land-Use Harmonization datasets, the study applies the Future Land Use Simulation (FLUS) model to project future LULC dynamics under Shared Socioeconomic Pathway (SSP) scenarios in the densely urbanized Greater Accra Region (GAR) of West Africa. Analyzing historical and current land use dynamics in the GAR revealed notable shifts, notably a decrease in Rangeland and an increase in Built-up areas. …”
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Drought and flooding prediction in inland valleys and determinants of farmers mitigation measures across the Sudano-Guinean and Guinean zones by Akodekou, A.D., Dossou-Yovo, E.R.

“…Keywords: Lowland, climate extremes, hazard adaptation, West Africa.…”
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Participatory learning for action research (PLAR) by Shaw, Alison, Kristjanson, Patricia M.

“…Context: Increased adoption of technologies and improved research in West Africa emphasising gender inclusion for adopting appropriate rice varieties for Upland, Lowland and irrigated ecologies. …”
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Rapid and specific detection of Yam mosaic virus by reverse-transcription recombinase polymerase amplification by Silva, G., Bömer, M., Nkere, C., Kumar, P. Lava, Seal, S.E.

“…Yam mosaic virus (YMV; genus Potyvirus ) is considered to cause the most economically important viral disease of yams ( Dioscorea spp.) in West Africa which is the dominant region for yam production globally. …”
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Experience capitalization: Information we might otherwise have missed by Gbakie, Emmanuel Sahr

“…I was officially introduced to the experience capitalization approach at a CTA-organised workshop for the anglophone countries in West Africa in Ghana, back in March, 2017. This followed up on a two-day meeting organised by a consultant in Sierra Leone a month beforehand. …”
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Vertical rootpulling resistance in maize is related to nitrogen uptake and yield by Kamara, A., Kling, J., Ajala, S., Menkir, A.

“…Poor soil fertility and recurrent drought are major constriants to maize production in the West Africa savanna. The development of maize cultivars with superior rooting system to absorb nitrogen and water efficiently from the soil is desirable. …”
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Progress review and work planning meeting | Day 2 by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

“…Enhancing yam breeding for increased productivity and improved quality in West Africa. (AfricaYam II) Speakers: Jim Lorenzen BMGF Prof. …”
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Africa RISING-Spraying Regime Effects on the Grain Yield of Cowpea Varieties in Northern Ghana by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Government of Ghana, Savanna Agricultural Research Institute

“…Project website: http://africa-rising.net http://africa-rising.net/where-we-work/west-africa/…”
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Africa RISING - A Two Year Cereal Legume in Northern Ghana by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Government of Ghana, Savanna Agricultural Research Institute

“…Project website: http://africa-rising.net http://africa-rising.net/where-we-work/west-africa/…”
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An exploration of the determinants of bribery in Benin’s transborder trade by Bensassi, Sami, Jarreau, Joachim, Mitaritonna, Cristina

“…Nonetheless, smuggling is a very pervasive phenomenon in West Africa which could impact state revenues, trade routes, consumption patterns, and wealth in the region. …”
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Successes in African agriculture: results of an expert survey by Gabre-Madhin, Eleni Zaude, Haggblade, Steven

“…Among these, major commodity-specific successes identified include breakthroughs in maize breeding across Africa, sustained gains in cassava breeding and successful combat of its disease and pests, control of the rinderpest livestock disease, booming horticultural and flower exports in East and Southern Africa and increased cotton production and exports in West Africa. Using a dynamic analytical framework, the paper attempts to identify key ingredients that appear necessary for building on these individual cases and expanding them into broad-based agricultural growth.…”
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Successes in African agriculture: results of an expert survey by Gabre-Madhin, Eleni Zaude, Haggblade, Steven

“…Among these, major commodity-specific successes identified include breakthroughs in maize breeding across Africa, sustained gains in cassava breeding and successful combat of its disease and pests, control of the rinderpest livestock disease, booming horticultural and flower exports in East and Southern Africa and increased cotton production and exports in West Africa. Using a dynamic analytical framework, the paper attempts to identify key ingredients that appear necessary for building on these individual cases and expanding them into broad-based agricultural growth.…”
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Cassava and maize intercropping system - The effect of varieties and and plant populations by Ezumah, H.C., Lawson, T.L.

“…Maize dominated cassava irrespective of cassava or maize growth habit and the optimum maize population giving the highest production based on relative yield total or land equivalent ratio varied with maize variety in a tropical Alfisol at Ibadan, transition humid/subhumid zone in West Africa. The sparsely vegetative, early maize supported higher intercrop maize population (up to 80,000 ha−1) than the late maturing, highly vegetative TZSRW. …”
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Genetic resources of Stylosanthes species by Hanson, Jean, Heering, J.H.

“…This germplasm is available free of charge for use in forage research and development programmes, but only about 25 percent has been screened for adaptability as an animal feed in West Africa. Several accessions have been identified as promising and have been incorporated into fodder banks for protein supplementation of livestock feeds. …”
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