Search Results - "West Africa"

The ECO-ICBT database of cross-border trade in agricultural products in ECOWAS by Bouët, Antoine, Cissé, Brahima, Kam, Dieudonné, Kanoute, Elhadji Samba, Konombo, Oumar Abdou Nassur, Matitoma, Justin Motchosso, Sack, Seydou, Sy, Abdourahmane, Todina, Ngaye, Traoré, Fousseini

“…This is especially true in West Africa since ECOWAS eliminated duties on intraregional trade. …”
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Sustainable resource management coupled to resilient germplasm to provide new intensive cereal–grain–legume–livestock systems in the dry savanna by Sanginga, Nteranya, Dashiell, Kenton E., Diels, J., Vanlauwe, Bernard, Lyasse, O., Carsky, R.J., Tarawali, Shirley A., Asafo-Adjei, B., Menkir, A., Schulz, S., Singh, B.B., Chikoye, David, Keatinge, D., Ortíz, R.

“…The accumulated knowledge on soil management gathered over the last 10 years, combined with solid crop improvement and plant health research at farmers’ level, has brought us to a stage where we can now address with confidence the intensification of cereal–grain–legume-based cropping systems in the dry savanna of West Africa in a sustainable and environmentally positive manner. …”
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Future Scenarios by Harvey, Blane, Ensor, Jonathan, Carlile, Liz, Garside, Ben, Patterson, Zachary, Naess, Lars Otto

“…The Future Scenarios initiative works in a participatory and interactive way with technical advisors and other key stakeholders in East and West Africa to build some up pictures of different worlds, or narratives, that identify the uncertainties that policy-makers may be faced with at the regional level. …”
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The World Bank scales up insights from Climate-Smart Villages in Niger by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, World Agroforestry Centre

“…The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) West Africa Program set up the Kampa Zarma Climate-Smart Village (CSV) in Niger to test climate-smart agriculture (CSA) interventions. …”
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Fostering cross-program learning and experience sharing: Key take-aways from a recent Africa RISING Program exchange by Mekonnen, Kindu, Odhong, Jonathan, Ofori-Duah, Wilhelmina

“…On 17 – 21 June 2019, activity sites in northern Ghana played host to a delegation of 40 project partners drawn from each of the 3 regional Africa RISING projects in East and Southern Africa, West Africa and the Ethiopian Highlands. This photo report captures some observations, lessons learnt, and individual reflections emanating from partners who took part in the exchange visit.…”
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West African food composition table / Table de composition des aliments d’Afrique de l’Ouest by Stadlmayr, B., Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Network of Food Data Systems, West African Health Organization, Bioversity International

“…This edition of the West African Food Composition Table is a revised version of the Food composition table `Composition of Selected foods from West Africa`, which was published in September 2010. …”
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Questions d'ordre general sur l'evaluation d'impact by Lipner, M.E., Swallow, B.M.

“…ILCA's outputs, the research process, criteria for evaluating impacts are discussed supported by four case studies namely: ILCA's research on tenure policy and alley farming, forage legume research in the subhumid zone of West Africa with ILCA's systems research methodology, organisational impacts through ILCA's research networks, and pricing policies in sub-Saharan Africa.…”
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Seasonal climate analyses improve agricultural decision-making in Africa, potentially benefitting 125 million people by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Newly developed meteorological tools now allow better climate forecasting for a population of 125 million in East and West Africa. The so-called "Maproom" tools were developed by CCAFS and the Enhancing National Climate Services (ENACTS) initiative hosted by IRI at Columbia University's Earth Institute. …”
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CIS impacts on farmer wellbeing in Senegal: evidence and opportunities by Hansen, James, Whitbread, Anthony M.

“…At a national level, Senegal’s foundation for CIS is among the strongest in West Africa. Yet the potential contribution of CIS to the wellbeing of the country’s farmers and agropastoralists remains underexploited and inequitably distributed. …”
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Trading food across West African borders by Akoto-Danso, E. K., Karg, H.

“…Find out more about cross-border trade in West Africa, the formal and informal barriers, and why traders and transporters of food produced and consumed in the region are affected more by these barriers than others. …”
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Africa RISING-Yield of Maize-Vegetable Intercrop in Northern Ghana by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, World Vegetable Center, Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Government of Ghana

“…Project website: http://africa-rising.net http://africa-rising.net/where-we-work/west-africa…”
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Mali Africa RISING: Biomass Assessment in Bougouni, 2013 by International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

“…Project website: http://africa-rising.net/where-we-work/west-africa/…”
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Strategies to control aflatoxin in groundnut value chains by Florkowski, Wojciech J., Kolavalli, Shashidhara

“…Groundnuts, which are widely consumed in West Africa, are prone to contamination by aflatoxin during production and storage. …”
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Assessment of agricultural research capacities in Sierra Leone: The case of Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute (SLARI) by Momoh, John

“…Such an assessment is key to the development of national and regional policy recommendations that will ultimately feed into a regional agricultural research strategy for West Africa. To accomplish this assessment, CORAF/WECARD has solicited the support of the Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) program of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).…”
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Nutritional effects of commercialization of a woman's crop: Irrigated rice in The Gambia by von Braun, Joachim, Johm, Ken B., Puetz, Detlev

“…The Gambia (West Africa) had a population of approximately 0.75 million and a total agricultural cultivated area of only 1,850 square kilometers in 1987-88. …”
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Effects of panterritorial pricing policy for maize in Tanzania. by Suzuki, Yuriko, Bernard, Andrew

“…It complements other studies on similar issues in Africa conducted at IFPRI by Ulrich Koester (Regional Cooperation to Improve Food Security in Southern and Eastern African Countires, Research Report 64), Raisuddin Ahmed and Narendra Rustagi on agricultural marketing and rpice incentives, and by Christopher Delgado and Thomas Reardon on coarse grains in West Africa…”
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Investigating the role of poultry and the impact of HPAI on livelihoods in Ghana by Mensah-Bonsu, Akwasi, Asare-Marfo, Dorene, Birol, Ekin, Roy, Devesh

“…However, the VSD is in a state of high alert because the virus is still circulating in West Africa (Aning et al. 2008).…”
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Sustainably intensifying, sustainably increasing the productivity of smallholder farmers in Africa by Glover, Jerry

“…He mentioned that the Ethiopian project is one of three in Africa (the others are in West Africa - Ghana and Mali; and East and Southern Africa: Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi). …”
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Theory of change for the dairy value chain in Ethiopia, developed for the CGIAR Initiative Sustainable Animal Productivity for Livelihoods, Nutrition and Gender Inclusion by Mekuriaw, Zeleke, Meseret, Selam, Temesgen, Wudu, Derseh, Melkamu, Marshall, Karen, Baltenweck, Isabelle

“…The initiative is working in seven countries located in East Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda), West Africa (Mali), Southeast Asia (Vietnam) and South Asia (Nepal) and works on 15 livestock value chains in total.…”
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Status of postgraduate training in the livestock sector in southern Africa and priorities for ILRI’s support by Dube, Sikhalazo

“…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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