Search Results - "West Africa"

Status of postgraduate training in the livestock sector in Southeast Asia and priorities for ILRI’s support by Bondoc, O.L.

“…In order to establish the priorities for collaborative capacity strengthening activities of the learning institutes in the areas of animal production and veterinary services, ILRI commissioned five studies covering the following subregions: Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA region); Southern Africa (SADC region), West Africa (CORAF region); South Asia; and Southeast Asia. …”
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Performance of legume mixtures under small-plot periodic grazing by Peters, Michael, Tarawali, Shirley A., Schultze-Kraft, Rainer, Smith, Jimmy W., Musa, A.

“…The potential of pastures sown with species mixtures of tropical legume species compared with single species was investigated in subhumid west Africa, over a period of three grazing seasons. …”
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The future is now: how scenarios can help Senegalese and Mauritanian fisheries adapt to climate change by Badjeck, M.C., Diop, N.

“…Localized changes in the productivity of marine and inland waters induced by climate change will pose new challenges to the fishery and the aquaculture sectors in West Africa. However, climate change does not occur in isolation of other drivers of change: processes of environmental, economic and social change can affect the fishery sector, potentially creating additional vulnerability to climate change. …”
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The CCAFS Regional Scenarios Programme: External evaluation report on progress towards programme outcomes by Carey, C.

“…External evaluation of the CCAFS Scenarios Programme which was initiated in 2010 and is active across all five regions in which CCAFS is engaged, namely South Asia, East Africa, West Africa, Latin America, and South-East Asia. The evaluation concludes that "the CCAFS Scenarios Program is a well developed tool kit that meets all the criteria for achieving its demanding targets. …”
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Decision guides on manure use: a communication strategy by Murwira, Herbert K., Mutiro, K, Chivenge, Pauline P.

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A global baseline for changing farming practices by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…In 2010-2011 CCAFS worked with local partners to organize a series of surveys and consultations at 15 sites in East Africa, West Africa and South Asia — every region where CCAFS was working at the time. …”
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A socio-economic study on village sheep and goat production system in the humid tropical zone of Southwest Nigeria by Sempeho, G.J.M.

“…The study covers general agricultural and socio-economic aspects and examines the present structure and constraining factors to improved sheep and goat production within the existing farming systems typical for the humid zone of west Africa.…”
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When gender research hit home: The importance of gender in research by Randolph, Thomas F.

“…In tests of new varieties of short rice with men and women in West Africa, the men were delighted by the varieties’ high-yielding potential. …”
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Impact Lite Dataset by Silvestri, Silvia, Rufino, Mariana C., Quirós, Carlos F., Douxchamps, Sabine, Teufel, Nils, Singh, Dhiraj, Mutie, Ianetta, Ndiwa, Nicholas N., Ndungu, Anthony, Kiplimo, Jasper, Wijk, Mark T. van, Herrero, Mario

“…Standardized detailed survey instrument (IMPACTlite) carried on in 13 benchmark sites across East Africa, West Africa and South Asia.…”
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Rapid and mass propagation system for yams (Dioscorea spp.) based on vine cuttings and tissue culture techniques for germplasm collection: onthe job training by Kikuno, H.

“…Since yam is not as popular in East Africa as it is in West Africa, the trainee had to initially gain a general understating of the crop before proceeding with the program. …”
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Origin, taxonomy and morphology of Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp by Padulosi, S., Ng, N.Q.

“…The study points out that the southernmost region of Africa is most probably the center of origin for the species V. unguiculata,while its domestication might have taken place in West Africa.…”
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Physiological factors in drought tolerance of various Musa genotype by Ekanayake, I.J., Ortíz, R., Vuylsteke, D.R.

“…While long-term drought is generally not common in traditional cultivation areas, it is a potential threat for plantains in West Africa, particularly during the short dry season. …”
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Cassava and maize intercropping system: the effects of varieties and plant populations by Ezumah, H., Lawson, T.

“…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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INTSORMIL

“…The five ecogeographical zones are: West Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, Mesoamerica (Central America) and South America. …”
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CGIAR Center Directors Committee Minutes, Presiding Chair: C. Bonte-Friedheim by CGIAR Center Directors Committee

“…The minutes also record discussions with the CGIAR Executive Secretary on resource allocation, a lengthy discussion within the CDC on the matrix concept, on priority setting, External Reviews including Internally Commissioned External Reviews, discussions with TAC on the West Africa study and the matrix concept including a decision to establish an on-going impact assessment unit in the CGIAR. …”
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Assessing the nutritional quality of stored grain legume fodders: correlations among farmer perceptions, sheep preferences, leaf-stem ratios and laboratory analyses by Akakpo, D.B., Boer, I.J.M. de, Giller, Kenneth E., Adjei-Nsiah, S., Duncan, Alan J., Oosting, S.J.

“…Crop residues have the potential to alleviate annual feed shortages and nutrient deficiencies experienced in the dry season in the savanna zones of West Africa. Farmers in West Africa especially value the residues of grain legumes, also known as grain legume fodders (GLFs), as animal feed. …”
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Yam Mounds Making Machine by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

“…Yam is the king of the crops in West Africa and one of the most important energy sources for many African countries. …”
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Modeling gas exchange and biomass production in West African Sahelian and Sudanian ecological zones by Rahimi, Jaber, Ago, Expedit Evariste, Ayantunde, Augustine, Berger, Sina, Bogaert, Jan, Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus, Cappelaere, Bernard, Cohard, Jean-Martial, Demarty, Jérôme, Diouf, Abdoul Aziz, Falk, Ulrike, Haas, Edwin, Hiernaux, Pierre, Kraus, David, Roupsard, Olivier, Scheer, Clemens, Srivastava, Amit Kumar, Tagesson, Torbern, Grote, Rüdiger

“…For assessing the simulation accuracy, we applied the calibrated model to 42 additional sites (validation sites) across West Africa for which measured aboveground biomass data were available. …”
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Africa-Wide Training on the Improved NextGen Approach (PyCPT2.5) for Seasonal and Subseasonal Forecasting and Climate Data Analysis and Visualization Tools by Grossi, Amanda, Robertson, Andrew, Rose, Alison, Singh, Bohar, Trzaska, Sylwia, Ehsan, Azhar, Kaplan, Aaron, Dinku, Tufa

“…Towards these ends, the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), as part of Columbia Climate School at Columbia University, has been working closely with the national meteorological services in AICCRA target countries (Ethiopia, Kenya Zambia, Senegal, Ghana, Mali) alongside their associated regional climate centres (RCCs), the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) in East Africa and the Regional Centre for Training and Application in Agrometeorology and Operational Hydrology (AGRHYMET) in West Africa, to improve seasonal and subseasonal forecasting capacities using the NextGen (PyCPT) approach. …”
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Gap Assessment on Capacity Building in Climate Smart Agriculture and Climate Information Services in Tertiary Institutions in Ghana, Mali And Senegal by Agyare, Wilson Agyei, Amponsah, William, Bessah, Enoch, Diallo, Yacouba, Ndiaye, Mohamed BO, Koné, Daouda, Segnon, Alcade C., Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…The output will be made widely accessible to West Africa stakeholders through WASCAL and RUFORUM university/academia networks. …”
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