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Water insecurity is associated with greater food insecurity and lower dietary diversity: Panel data from sub-Saharan Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic by Miller, Joshua D., Young, Sera L., Bryan, Elizabeth, Ringler, Claudia

“…Data are from panel surveys conducted during 2020–21 among adults involved in smallholder agriculture in Niger (n = 364, 3 rounds), Nigeria (n = 501, 5 rounds), Senegal (n = 501, 5 rounds), and Ghana (n = 543, 5 rounds). We hypothesized that household water insecurity (measured using the brief Household Water Insecurity Experiences Scale) would be associated with greater individual food insecurity (using 5 of the 8 Food Insecurity Experiences Scale items) and lower dietary diversity (using the Minimum Dietary Diversity Score for Women). …”
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Genetic architecture of post-harvest tuber quality traits in bush yam (Dioscorea praehensilis Benth.) germplasm through association mapping by Adewumi, A.S., Asare, P.A., Akintayo, O.T., Adejumobi, I.I., Adu, M.O., Taah, K.J., Afutu, E., Opoku, V.A., Stanley, A., Akaba, S., Mondo, J., Mushoriwa, H., Agre, A.P.

“…Methods: In this study, 138 D. praehensilis accessions collected in Ghana were sequenced using Diversity Array Technology (DArTSeq). …”
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Public-sector maize research locations and spatial heterogeneity in maize productivity: Insights from four African countries on the roles of agroclimatic similarity by Takeshima, Hiroyuki

“…This paper partly aims to fill this knowledge gap by obtaining insights for maize, one of the most commonly grown crops in SSA, using nationally representative farm household data for Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, and Uganda, and spatial agroclimatic data. …”
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Informal Food Retail Trade in Ghanaian Cities by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…This data is from a study conducted on informal food retail in three of Ghana’s cities – Accra, Kumasi and Tamale. The aim of the survey is to gather information on the livelihoods of these traders, the challenges they face, and the governance constraints they encounter, especially those selling different types of food products. …”
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Ethiopia Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) Baseline Evaluation Survey by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The overall aim of the program is to transform agricultural systems through sustainable intensification projects in Ghana, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi, Mali, and (potentially) Zambia. …”
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Findings across agricultural public expenditure reviews in African countries by Mink, Stephen D.

“…It synthesizes evidence from 20 Agriculture Public Expenditure Reviews (Ag PERs) that have been carried out in countries in Africa South of the Saharan (Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Rwanda, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia) with World Bank assistance during 2009–2015. …”
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Global summary of baseline household survey results by Kristjanson, Patricia M., Garlick, Cathy, Förch, Wiebke, Thornton, Philip K., Cramer, Laura K., Ndungu, Anthony

“…It describes what changes farmers have been making in recent years with respect to crop management, livestock practices, use of inputs and other agricultural practices. …”
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Effect of low-cost irrigation methods on microbial contamination of lettuce irrigated with untreated wastewater by Keraita, Bernard N., Konradsen, Flemming, Drechsel, Pay, Abaidoo, Robert C.

“…Objective  To assess the effectiveness of simple irrigation methods such as drip irrigation kits, furrow irrigation and use of watering cans in reducing contamination of lettuce irrigated with polluted water in urban farming in Ghana.Methods  Trials on drip kits, furrow irrigation and watering cans were conducted with urban vegetable farmers. …”
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Cross-sectoral coordination failure: How significant a constraint in national efforts to tackle malnutrition in Africa? by Benson, Todd

“…This evaluation uses qualitative information on the national institutional frameworks within which nutrition activities are carried out in Mozambique, Nigeria, and Uganda, countries with such agencies, and in Ghana, which has none. Results. None of the agencies has so far effectively carried out the three functions on which they were evaluated: cross-sectoral coordination, advocacy to sustain political commitment to address malnutrition, and resource mobilization. …”
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Climate services bundles preferences of smallholder farmers in West Africa: a stated choice modelling by Ouedraogo, Adama, Ouedraogo, Mathieu, Egyir, Irene S., Läderach, Peter, Mensah-Bonsu, Akwasi, Jatoe, John Baptist D.

“…Using a Choice Experiment and Mixed Logit model, data was collected from 1,212 farmers across four West African countries (Ghana, Senegal, Mali and Burkina Faso). The findings reveal that the most preferred service bundle (Bundle 4), which includes daily weather forecasts, seed advisories, and drought insurance, garnered a preference of 45%. …”
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Progress with the delivery of Intermediary Performance Indicator IPI 1.3 of AICCRA-AF: New soil mapping generated by the West african Regional Hub for Fertilizer and Soil Health by Kadja, Lionel Axel, Vanlauwe, Bernard, Mkuhlani, Siyabusa, Shehu, Bello, Sinha, Surajit, Sehou, Romaric;, Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan, Ampadu Boakye, Theresa

“…Seven countries were selected Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Mali, and Senegal based on expressed demand, institutional readiness, and the presence of active scaling programs. …”
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Nutrient dynamics and recovery efficiencies in a decentralised faecal sludge and food waste treatment system by Nartey, Eric Gbenatey, Sakrabani, R., Tyrrel, S., Dapaah, E., Adamtey, Noah

“…Raw FS, FW, compost, and effluent samples were collected at each treatment stage over three treatment cycles from August 2021 – 2022 in Somanya, Ghana. A total of 108 composite samples were collected and analysed for N,P & K using standard procedures. …”
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Predictors of fetal anemia and cord blood malaria parasitemia among newborns of HIV-positive mothers by Laar, A.K., Grant, F., Addo, Y., Soyiri, I., Nkansah, B., Abugri, J., Laar, A.S., Ampofo, W.K., Tuakli, J.M., Quaki, I.A.

“…We determined clinical and demographic factors associated with fetal anemia and cord blood malaria parasitemia in newborns of HIV-positive women from two districts in Ghana. We enrolled 1,154 antenatal attendees (443 HIV-positive and 711 HIV-negative) of which 66% were prospectively followed up at delivery. …”
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Foodsheds and city region food systems in two West African cities by Karg, Hanna, Drechsel, Pay, Akoto-Danso, Edmund K., Glaser, Rüdiger, Nyarko, George, Buerkert, Andreas

“…The aim of this empirical study therefore was to compare the geographical sources supplying food to the urban population (“foodsheds”) in Tamale, Ghana and Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to record the supplied quantities and to assess the level of interaction between the sources and the respective city. …”
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Re-evaluation of Yam Mosaic Virus (YMV) detection methods by Eni, A., Hughes, J., Asiedu, Robert, Rey, M.

“…In the present study, eighteen previously tested YMV positive leaf samples from Benin and Ghana were re-tested using TAS-ELISA, Protein A-sandwich (PAS) ELISA and IC-RT-PCR. …”
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Comparison of pathogenicity of geographically separate populations of Scutelllonema bradys on yam (Dioscorea spp.) in West Africa by Coyne, Danny L., Williamson, V., Tchabi, A., Baimey, H., Rotifa, I.

“…In addition, geographically separated populations, two each from Benin, Burkina Faso, Côted’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria and Togo, were compared in pot assays in Benin between 2003 and 2004. …”
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Molecular detection and differentiation of Brazilian and African isolates of the entomopathogen Neozygites tanajoae (Entomophthorales: Neozygitaceae) with PCR using specific primer... by Agboton, B.V., Junior, I.D., Hanna, R., Tiedemann, A. von

“…Two primer pairs, NEOSSU_F/NEOSSU_R and8DDC_F/8DDC_R, were used to differentiate isolates collected from severallocations in Brazil and from three countries in Africa, Benin, Ghana andTanzania. The first primer pair enabled the species-specific detection ofNeozygites tanajoae, while the second differentiated the Brazilian isolates fromthose of other geographical origin. …”
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Impediments to new improved maize variety testing and release in selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa by Setimela, P.S., Badu-Apraku, Baffour, Mwangi, W.

“…A survey was conducted on the varietaltesting and release systems in 14 selected countries (Angola, Benin, Ethiopia, Malawi, Ghana, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe) in SSA. …”
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Potentials of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) for dry season seed and fodder production in Sahelian sandy soil of Niger by Saidou, A.K., Ajeigbe, Hakeem A., Hide, O., Satoshi, T., Singh, B.B.

“…Consequently, four cowpea cultivars (IT97K-499-38, lT98K-205-8, Ghana-l, and IT97K-499-35) selected from previous trials were evaluated for their dry season grain and fodder production potentials. …”
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The International Plant Diagnostic Network West Africa by Beed, Fenton D., Sikirou, R., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit, Twizeyimana, M., Miller, S.

“…West Africa’s IPDN was established with a hub lab at IITA Bènin with spoke labs in Ghana, Mali and Senegal with support provided by IITA Nigeria. …”
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