Resultados de búsqueda - "West Africa"

Feed supplementation of village-based N'Dama calves por Little, D.A., Wassink, G.J., Riley, J.A., Agyemang, K., Badjie, B., Dwinger, R.H.

“…The experiments were part of a programme designed to establish practical and economical nutrition interventions for the improved productivity of N'Dama cattle under traditional village husbandry in a sub-humid agro-ecological environment in West Africa. The supplements included groundnut cake, sesame cake, and cotton seed, supplied during both the dry and wet seasons. …”
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2013 Annual Report to CGIAR Consortium: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Most progress has been made in East Africa (EA), West Africa (WA) and South Asia (SA) – the regions established at the start of CCAFS; but there have been significant outcomes in the recently established region of Latin America (LAM), with less progress in South East Asia (SEA).…”
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A review of risk-based approaches for emerging diseases associated with animal-source foods por Grace, Delia, Omore, Amos O., Randolph, Thomas F., Hussni, M.O.

“…The benefits of risk-based approaches as well as the challenges of adapting them are discussed using examples from ongoing case-studies involving emerging food borne diseases in East and West Africa.…”
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Carbon stocks in shaded Theobroma cacao farms and adjacent secondary forests of similar age in Cameroon por Norgrove L, Hauser, S.

“…Cacao is an important smallholder crop in West Africa, often grown under a forest canopy. Yields from cacao farms are low so farmers consider removing shade trees, however, the impacts on pest and disease dynamics, soil fertility and thus yield in the longer term are not understood. …”
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Non-genetic factors affecting the reproduction performance, lamb growth and productivity indices of Djallonke sheep por Gbangboche, A.B, Adamou-Ndiaye, M., Youssao, A.K.I., Farnir, F., Abiola, F.A, Leroy, P.L., Detilleux, J.

“…An understanding of environmental factors affecting these traits is needed to implement optimal breeding and selection programs in Benin (West Africa). In this study, age at first lambing, length of the lambing interval, prolificacy, dam’s post-partum weights, lambs weight at weaning and productivity indices of West African Dwarf sheep (Djallonke sheep) were analyzed under research conditions. …”
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Paysage scientifique, politique et financier de l’Agriculture Intelligente face au Climat (AIC) en Afrique de l’Ouest : le secteur des ressources en eau. In French por Mul, Marloes L., Williams, Timothy O., Cofie, Olufunke O.

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Climate-smart solutions for Mali: Findings from implementing the Climate-Smart Agriculture Prioritization Framework por Sogoba, Bougouna, Andrieu, N., Howland, Fanny C., Samaké, Ouodiouma B., Corner-Dolloff, Caitlin, Bonilla Findji, Osana, Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…Implementation was led by the Agency of Environment and Sustainable Development (AEDD) on behalf of the National Science-Policy dialogue platforms on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCASA). Supported by the West Africa Regional Program, this research is part of a multi-region Prioritization project funded by CCAFS Flagship 1 on Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices.…”
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Carbon stocks in shaded Theobroma cacao farms and adjacent secondary forests of similar age in Cameroon por Norgrove, L., Hauser, S.

“…Cacao is an important smallholder crop in West Africa, often grown under a forest canopy. Yields from cacao farms are low so farmers consider removing shade trees, however, the impacts on pest and disease dynamics, soil fertility and thus yield in the longer term are not understood. …”
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Tree diversity and canopy cover in cocoa systems in Ghana por Asare, R., Anders, R.

“…Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) growing systems in Ghana and West Africa consist of diverse tree species and densities. …”
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Cassava brown streak disease: a threat to food security in Africa por Patil, B.L., Legg, James P., Kanju, E., Fauquet, Claude M.

“…This new spread represents a major threat to the cassava-growing regions of West Africa. CBSD-resistant cassava cultivars are being developed through breeding, and transgenic RNA interference-derived field resistance to CBSD has also been demonstrated. …”
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Potential impacts of increasing average yields and reducing maize yield variability in Africa por Kostandini, G., La Rovere, R., Abdoulaye, Tahirou

“…This study evaluates the potential impacts of investing in Drought Tolerant Maize (DTM) in 13 countries of East, South and West Africa. The analysis utilizes geo-referenced production data at the regional and household levels and employs a model that estimates both the conventional mean yield gains and the additional benefits from yield stability gains of DTM varieties as well as impacts on poverty. …”
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Climate Data Tools Training at AGRHYMET por Faniriantsoa, Rija

“…For more than three years, International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) has collaborated with the AGRHYMET Regional Centre to improve of quality, accessibility and availability of climate data in West Africa. A training workshop on quality control methods for climate data and combination ground stations data with satellite rainfall estimates products using the earlier version of Climate Data Tools (CDT) was conducted for AGRHYMET staff in Niamey in July 2013. …”
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Development of a West African yam Dioscorea spp. core collection por Mahalakshmi, V., Ng, Q., Atalobhor, J., Ogunsola, D., Lawson, M., Ortíz, R.

“…This article explains the relevance of this core collection of yams for West Africa yam cropping and improvement.…”
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Diagnosis of yam viruses por Hughes, J., Dongo, L., Ng, S.Y.C.

“…These diagnostic techniques have enabled initiation of surveys of viruses of Dioscorea spp. in West Africa and substantial progress has been made on the production of virus-tested planting material for international distribution.…”
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Atlas of West African urban food systems: examples from Ghana and Burkina Faso por Karg, H., Drechsel, Pay

“…It thereby draws on the results of several major collaborative research projects and stakeholder consultations conducted in West Africa over the past two decades, and in particular on the UrbanFoodPlus project in Ghana and Burkina Faso (www.urbanfoodplus.org). …”
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Micropropagation of white yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir.) por Ng, S.Y.C.

“…The center of origin of white yam is in West Africa. D. rotundata, a cultigen, is so close to D. cayenensis that it has been regarded as a subspecies. …”
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Third External Programme and Management Review of WARDA, 1992-1993 por CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee, CGIAR Secretariat

“…Women were absent from the senior staff, an imbalance that should be corrected.The panel addressed the need for rice research in West Africa, and WARDA's strategy. and considered possible alternatives to WARDA. …”
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Scaling up of CSA Platforms at the Subnational (District) Levels in Ghana: a Progressive Achievement of Theghana CCAFS Science-Policy Platform por Botchway, Vincent Ansah, Sam, Kingsley Odum, Karbo, Naaminong, Essegbey, George Owusu, Nutsukpo, Delali, Agyemang, Kingsley, Zougmoré, Robert B., Partey, Samuel T.

“…The CCAFS programme in West Africa coordinated by ICRISAT, Bamako involving Ghana, Mali and Senegal was able to set up national multi-stakeholder platforms for sharing information on climate change and related policy issues. …”
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Improving sorghum productivity under changing climatic conditions: A modelling approach por Akinseye, Folorunso M., Ajeigbe, Hakeem A., Sibiry Traoré, Pierre C., Agele, Samuel O, Zemadim, Birhanu, Whitbread, Anthony M.

“…Our study has, therefore, demonstrated the capacity of APSIM model as a tool for testing management, plant traits practices and adoption of improved variety for enhancing the adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers under climate change in the Sudanian zone of West Africa. This approach offers a promising option to design more resilient and productive farming systems for West Africa using the diverse sorghum germplasm available in the region.…”
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Confirmation of Bacterial Leaf Streak Caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola on Rice in Madagascar por Poulin, L., Raveloson, H., Sester, M., Raboin, L.M., Silué, D., Koebnik, R., Szurek, B.

“…BLS is prevalent in Asia and West Africa, where it was first reported in Nigeria and Senegal in the early 1980s (4). …”
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