Search Results - "West Africa"

Randomly primed PCR amplification of pooled DNA reveals polymorphism in a ruminant repetitive DNA sequence which differentiates Bos indicus and Bos taurus by Kemp, Stephen J., Teale, A.J.

“…The marker will assist in the detection of crossbreeding between Zebu and B. taurus types where this threatens a potentially valuable trypanosomiasis‐resistant B. taurus genetic resource in West Africa. In addition, the marker will be useful for exploration of the evolutionary relationships of the major subspecies of domestic cattle. …”
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Research on cow traction in Africa: Some lessons to be learned by Jabbar, M.A.

“…The technique is also well develop in areas of the semi-arid tropics and is emerging in some parts of the subhumid zone of West Africa. This paper reviews ILCA's research objective and strategy in the light of the experiences of cow traction technology development in southeast Asia. …”
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Estimating foliage and woody biomass in Sahelian and Sudanian woodlands using a remote sensing model by Franklin, J., Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.

“…Study sites with woody cover ranging from 10-50 per cent were located in the Sudanian and Sahelian bioclimatic zones in Mali, West Africa. Estimates compared favourably to independent measurements of foliage biomass made in the Sahelian sites, and to typical values of foliage and woody biomass from the literature for these regions and for similar woodland types. …”
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Micro-entrepreneurship in Niger: factors affecting the success of women street food vendors by Otoo, M., Ibro, G., Fulton, J., Lowenberg-Deboer, J.

“…Micro-entrepreneurship in the informal sector plays a vital role in generating employment and income in West Africa. In this article, the authors examine business success factors for micro-entrepreneurs involved in the production and sale of street foods in Niger, drawing on the resource-based view theory. …”
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A GIS-based approach for integrating agriculture into urban and peri-urban planning by Forkuor, Gerald, Drechsel, Pay, Cofie, Olufunke O.

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Changing paradigms in Volta Basin water management: customary, national and transboundary by Lautze, Jonathan F., Barry, Boubacar, Youkhana, E.

“…This paper examines water management policies and institutions in the Ghanaian and Burkinabe portions of the Volta basin of West Africa. The paper begins with a brief historical overview of political, cultural and environmental developments in the basin since the late 19th century. …”
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Role of ley farming in crop rotations in the tropics by Mohamed-Saleem, M.A., Fisher, Myles J.

“…This paper examines one instance in tropical West Africa where Development agents encouraged ley farming as a means of intensifying crop-livestock interactions and improving human welfare without adverse effects on the environment. …”
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Trade-off between crop and livestock production and evolution of mixed farming in West African moist savanna by Jabbar, M.A., Okoruwa, V., Akinwumi, J.A.

“…In West Africa, crop-livestock mixed farming is emerging from the currently predominant nomadic pastoralism and agropastoralism. …”
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Irrigated vegetable farming in urban Ghana: a farming system between challenges and resilience by Drechsel, Pay, Adam-Bradford, A., Raschid-Sally, Liqa

“…This chapter serves as an introduction to the book and provides brief information about urbanization in West Africa, and in Ghana in particular, the general role of urban agriculture and the common use of polluted irrigation water. …”
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Climate Services in Senegal: Media training and field trip report by Meadu, Vanessa, Zougmoré, Robert B., Touré, Sékou F.

“…This activity was co-led by the CCAFS West Africa team and Coordinating Unit, in collaboration with local partners, and media experts. …”
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Climate-Smart Villages: A community approach to sustainable agriculture by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) has developed the Climate-Smart Village project in several regions in South Asia, East Africa and West Africa. Climate-Smart Villages are sites where local communities work with researchers, policymakers, scientists and NGOs to develop a strategic approach to sustainable agriculture through climate-smart agriculture practices and technologies. …”
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Cotton sector: Agritrade Executive Brief Update 2013 by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, Eastern Africa Grain Council

“…However, cotton remains of considerable social and economic importance in the main ACP cotton producing countries – especially in West Africa. With higher production levels than consumption, in 2012/13 global cotton stocks grew for the third year in a row. …”
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About the biology of Steraspis infuscata Thery and data on additional species of Steraspis collected in Benin (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) by Vayssières, Jean-François, Bellamy, C.L.

“…Four species of Steraspis Dejean, 1883, have been collected in the centre and the north of Benin in West Africa: Steraspis fastuosa Gerstaecker, 1871, Steraspis infuscata Théry, 1908, Steraspis laetitia Curletti, 2011, and Steraspis modesta Kerremans, 1895. …”
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Enhancing offseason yam production in Nigeria by Shiwachi, H., Kikuno, H., Fashola, R., Asiedu, Robert

“…Demand of ware yam production during off- season for yam cultivation is high in West Africa. Although yield through this cultivation was smaller than rainy season yam cultivation. …”
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Overview of viruses of legumes other than groundnut in Africa by Hughes, J., Shoyinka, S.A.

“…In addition to groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.), which has a major production area in West Africa, Cicer arietinum L. (chickpea), Glycine max (L.) …”
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Good agronomic practices in cocoa cultivation: rehabilitating cocoa farms by Asare, R., Afari-Sefa, Victor, Muilerman, Sander, Anim-Kwapong, G.J.

“…Cocoa cultivation covers a total area of about 5.9 million ha worldwide with around 73% of this area found in the four large cocoa-producing countries in West Africa namely Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria. …”
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System strengthening approaches for scaling up development outcomes from agricultural research. Knowledge sharing workshop. 13‐15 November 2018, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Vugt, D. van, Lemaga, B., Heck, S., Brouwers, J.

“…The workshop brought together some fifty participants from Ethiopia, Malawi and Mozambique, together with CIP staff from its headquarters in Lima and the CIP Africa Regional Office, as well as a delegation from Irish Aid and other interested partners from West Africa.…”
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TAC Quinquennial Review of ICRISAT, 1979 by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…It also analyzed supporting programs, training activities cooperative programs in India and Africa, technology transfer, and the management of the center.The panel made a number of recommendations, including giving higher priority to yield improvement rather than protein content and quality; strengthening the sorghum program in West Africa; adoption of a long term objective of helping India develop its national program in chickpea research; integration of pigeon pea research into the Indian program; closer collaboration with IITA on soils research, and training for African scientists; and the formulation of a long term plan for ICRISAT's African activities.…”
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The cocoa yield gap in Ghana: A quantification and an analysis of factors that could narrow the gap by Asante, Paulina A., Rahn, Eric, Zuidema, Pieter A., Rozendaal, Danae M.A., Baan, Maris E.G. van der, Läderach, Peter R.D., Asare, Richard, Cryer, Nicholas, Anten, Niels P.R.

“…CONTEXT Global cocoa production is largely concentrated in West Africa where over 70% of cocoa is produced. Here, cocoa farming is largely a rain-fed, low-input system with low average yields, which are expected to decline with climate change. …”
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Influence of fallow management systems and frequency of cropping on weed growth and crop yield by Akobundu, I.O., Ekeleme, F., Chikoye, David

“…The influence of weeds on maize intercropped with cassava was evaluated in three fallow management systems and four cropping frequencies from 1989 to 1996 in lbadan, Nigeria, West Africa. Fallow management systems consisted of natural bush, Leucaena leucocephala hedgerows and Puerctria phaseoloides lallow. …”
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