Resultados de búsqueda - "West Africa"

Establishing a colony of endemic, critically endangered red-bellied guenons (Cercopithecus erythrogaster erythrogaster) in a newly reconstituted forest in Benin: a personal perspec... por Neuenschwander, P.

“…The red-bellied guenon (Cercopithecus erythrogaster erythrogaster) is an endemic, critically endangered monkey in West Africa. Here, I share my 30-year experience with this species. …”
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Unlocking climate finance for Africa’s food systems transformation: Lessons from the Africa Food System Forum Masterclass por Jalango, Dorcas Anyango, Siagbe, Golli, Ouedraogo, Issa, Ogutu, Elizabeth

“…Lessons shared provided actionable insights for scaling similar approaches across West Africa, reinforcing the role of evidence-based planning and inclusive finance in advancing climate-resilient food systems across the continent.…”
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Institutionalizing Gender and Social Inclusion in Climate Information Services: Lessons from AGRHYMET journey under AICCRA por Kaboré, Assétou, Obossou, Abrewa Remilokoun Esdras, Ali, Abdou, Alhassane, Agali, Segnon, Alcade Christel, Zougmore, Robert Bellarmin

“…Over the past five years, AGRHYMET, in partnership with AICCRA, has implemented a range of flagship activities in West Africa and the Sahel aimed at promoting and scaling climate information services. …”
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Dacryodes edulis, a neglected non-timber forest species for the agroforestry systems of West and Central Africa por Sonwa, D.J., Okafor, J.C., Buyungu, P.M., Weise, Stephan F., Tchatat, M., Adesina, A.A., Nkongmeneck, B.A., Ndoye, O., Endamana, D.

“…The attemp to introduce it into forest fallows in Cote d'Ivoire is a good example of industrial involvement in the development of agroforestry and the expansion of tree production in West Africa. Drawing on experience from Cameroon, Nigeria and Cote d'Ivoire, this paper presents indigenous management techniques and emerging opportunities to promote safou in West and Central African agroforestry systems for food security, income generation and rehabilitation of the environment.…”
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Spectral modelling of multicomponent landscapes in the Sahel por Hanan, N.P., Prince, S.D., Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.

“…Aerial photoradiometer data from Mali, West Africa were used to determine the red and near-infrared component reflectances of soil and vegetation. …”
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The role of alley farming in African livestock production por Reynolds, L., Jabbar, M.A.

“…The major benefit from supplementing the diet of free-roaming small ruminants in West Africa with the foliage of leguminous trees is increased surivial, and the forage is best directed at late pregnant and lactating females. …”
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Experimental infection with a haemorrhage-causing Trypanosoma vivax in N'Dama and Boran cattle por Williams, D.J.L., Logan-Henfrey, L.L., Authié, Edith, Seely, C., McOdimba, F.A.

“…No anti‐platelet activity was observed.The results show that N'Dama cattle, which are known to be resistant to disease caused by T. congolense and by T. vivax stocks from West Africa, were highly susceptible to an infection of T. vivax which causes acute haemorrhagic disease.…”
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Crop residues for mulch and feed in crop livestock systems: Impact on maize grain yield and soil properties in the West African humid forest and Savanna zones por Larbi, Asamoah, Smith, Jimmy W., Adekunle, I.O., Agyare, Wilson Agyei, Gbaraneh, L.D., Tanko, R.J., Akinlade, J., Omokaye, A.T., Karbo, N., Aboh, N.

“…A study was conducted in the humid-forest, forest-savanna, and Guinea savanna zones of West Africa from 1993 to 1999 to examine the effect of managing crop residues from cereal-legume cropping systems for mulch and fodder for sheeIncreasing the proportion of total crop residues produced from a unit area of land and used as mulch increased maize grain yield, soil organic carbon, nitrogen and available phosphorus. …”
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CCAFS village baseline study - implementation manual por Förch, Wiebke, Barahona, Carlos, Kristjanson, Patricia M., Thornton, Philip K., Mango, Joash, Onyango, Leah, Noor F

“…In the first half of 2011, CCAFS will undertake village-level baseline studies at 14 initial CCAFS sites in Eastern Africa, West Africa and the Indo-Gangetic Plains. These will supplement the quantitative household baseline surveys that were conducted in 2010, and will be a first step towards local engagement for participatory action research. …”
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Water balance approach for assessing potential for small-scale groundwater irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa por Pavelic, Paul, Smakhtin, Vladimir U., Favreau, G., Villholth, Karen G.

“…The methodology was applied to two sites in West Africa with contrasting climate and subsurface conditions and at both sites there is potential for further groundwater development for irrigation whilst allowing provisions for other sectorial uses, including the environment.…”
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Ecological and socio-economic factors affecting agricultural intensification in the West African savannas: evidence from Northern Nigeria por Okike, Iheanacho, Jabbar, M.A., Manyong, Victor M., Smith, Jimmy W.

“…Agricultural intensification in West Africa is at an early stage and the process is taking place through various pathways. …”
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Application of biotechnology in disease diagnosis and vaccine Development por Masake, R.A., Musoke, A.J., Ole-MoiYoi, O.K.

“…The majority of the cattle in Africa are of the humped Zebu type (Bos indicus) in East Africa and taurine (Bos taurus), humpless, and smaller sized animals (N'Dama and Baoule) in West Africa. these breeds of cattle yield relatively less milk and beef compared to European breeds such as Friesians. …”
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Sensitivity and specificity of antigen-capture ELISAs for diagnosis of Trypanosoma congolense and Trypanosoma vivax infections in cattle por Eisler, M.C., Lessard, P., Moloo, D., Masake, R.A., Peregrine, A.S.

“…ELISA responses were measured in serum of previously naive cattle following primary experimental infection with cloned populations of Trypanosoma congolense and T. vivax originating from geographically distinct locations in East and West Africa.…”
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Potential impact of climate change on resilience and livelihoods in mixed crop-livestock systems in East Africa. Report of a World Bank study por Herrero, Mario, Jones, Peter G., Karanja, S., Mutie, Ianetta, Rufino, Mariana C., Thornton, Philip K.

“…These mixed systems cover over one million square kilometers of farmland in West Africa, Eastern Africa, and Southeastern Africa. …”
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Governing the ungovernable: practices and circumstances of governance in the irrigation sector por Venot, Jean-Philippe, Suhardiman, Diana

“…We draw our analysis on empirical data from countries with a recent (Ghana, West Africa) and long (Indonesia) irrigation history. …”
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Review of CCAFS Capacity Enhancement activities por Climate Futures

“…These activities are undertaken across much of the developing world, defined into the regions, East Africa, West Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia and South Asia (and to a lesser extent the Middle East and North Africa, East Asia, Central Asia and Global). …”
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Normes hematologiques du Zebu Gudali dans les hauts-plateaux du Nord-Ouest camerounais por Merlin, P.

“…The results were compared with three other studies carried in West Africa.…”
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Phylogenomic analysis of 11 complete African swine fever virus genome sequences por Villiers, Etienne P. de, Gallardo, C., Arias, Marisa, Silva, M. da, Upton, C., Martin, R., Bishop, Richard P.

“…The second contained isolates from West Africa and the Iberian Peninsula. Two isolates, from Kenya and Malawi, were outliers. …”
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Experimental assessment of the impact of the introduced parasitoid Gyranusoidea tebygi Noyes on the mango mealbug Rastrococcus invadens Williams, by physical exclusion por Boavida, C., Neuenschwander, Peter, Herren, H.

“…The parasitoid Gyranusoidea tebygi Noyes was released in West Africa against the mango mealybug, Rastrococcus invadens Williams, a pest that invaded Africa in the early 1980s. …”
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Full-Sib family selection in maize populations for tolerance to low soil nitrogen por Ajala, S., Kling, J., Menkir, A.

“…Improving maize productivity in the savannas of West Africa will depend on improving soil fertility and ensuring the efficient use of inputs and the relevant maize varieties tolerant to low nitrogen (N) that have been developed for this region. …”
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