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Solar photovoltaic technology for small-scale irrigation in Ghana: suitability mapping and business models. Agricultural Water Management – Making a Business Case for Smallholders by Gebrezgabher, Solomie A., Leh, Mansoor, Merrey, Douglas J., Kodua, T.T., Schmitter, Petra S.

“…Achieving this potential will require strengthening the policy framework and making finance available at a reasonable cost. The report identifies alternative financing mechanisms and business models that have been tried elsewhere and can be adapted to Ghana, and makes recommendations to enhance the sustainable uptake of solar PV irrigation.…”
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Experts and resource users split over solutions to peatland fires by Phelps, J., Zabala, A., Daeli, W., Carmenta, R.

“…Experts tend to prefer solutions that are centralised and largely transformative, whereas resource users favour more localised measures that are more compatible with business-as-usual. We discuss possible reasons for these differences, and their implications for environmental governance, including for how scientists engage in policy.…”
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Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification assays for on-site detection of the main sweetpotato infecting viruses by Wanjala, Bramwel W., Ateka, E.M., Miano, D.W., Fuentes, S., Pérez, A., Low, Jan W., Kreuze, Jan F.

“…The LAMP assay is a powerful tool for rapid sweetpotato virus detection at a reasonable cost and thus could serve as quality control systems for planting materials.…”
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Soil characteristics and Cyperus spp. occurrence along a toposequence by Koné, B., Touré, A., Amadji, G.L., Yao-Kouamé, A., Angui, P.T., Huat, J.

“…On acrisol (locally named terre de barre in Republic of Benin, West Africa), weed and soil (0–20 cm depth) were sampled at the beginning and the end of the cropping period in 2009 to gain knowledge about interaction between nutsedge occurrence and soil parameters. …”
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Impact of land use changes and management practices on groundwater resources in Kolar district, Southern India by Garg, K. K., Anantha, K. H., Nune, R., Akuraju, V. R., Singh, P., Gumma, Murali K., Dixit, S., Ragab, R.

“…This research identifies the reasons and causes of the gap. A water balance model was successfully calibrated and validated against measurements of groundwater level, recharge and surface runoff. …”
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Impacts of the land tenure system on sustainable land use in Ethiopia by Azadi, Hossein, Moghaddam, Saghi Movahhed, Mahmoudi, Hossein, Burkart, Stefan, Debela, Diriba D., Teklemariam, Dereje, Lodin, Michal, Lebailly, Philippe

“…This study provides recommendations to federal and regional institutions with a mandate for land management, land holding and resource rights and land use on how to resolve these bottlenecks.…”
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Application of system dynamics modelling in the analysis of economic impacts of Rift Valley fever: A case study of Ijara County, Kenya by Wanyoike, Francis N., Dizyee, Kanar, Bett, Bernard K., Rich, Karl M.

“…Assessment of impacts of livestock diseases tends to be rather challenging due to several reasons including complexity of the livestock value chains themselves; interactions of livestock with other sectors of the economy; short term versus long term impacts of diseases; and feedback reactions by value chain actors to risks posed by a disease including control measures imposed by authorities to control disease spread. …”
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Mapping irrigated and rainfed agriculture in Ethiopia (2015-2016) using remote sensing methods by Chandrasekharan, Kiran M., Subasinghe, Chandima, Haileslassie, Amare

“…The results confirmed that irrigated areas can be identified reasonably well by analyzing seasonal trends in vegetation and moisture levels.…”
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Women’s work is never done: Lifting the gendered burden of firewood collection and household energy use in Kenya by Njenga, M., Gitau, J. K., Mendum, R.

“…This study was carried out using social and natural science methods to understand women’s energy burdens and the reasons for the persistent use of firewood. Firewood remains the main source of energy even when multiple fuels are used (“fuel stacking”). …”
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Collecting evidence of FLEGT-VPA impacts: Cameroon country report by Cerutti, P.O., Tsanga, R., Goetghebuer, T., Leszczynska, N., Newbery, J., Almeida, B., Breyne, J., Tabi, P., Ploeg, L. van der

“…This Cameroon report is part of a series of seven country level studies (Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia and Republic of Congo) which intend to gather qualitative and quantitative evidence of the impacts of the Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade – Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA) process to date. …”
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Collecting evidence of FLEGT-VPA impacts: Côte d’Ivoire country report by Tsanga, R., Goetghebuer, T., Leszczynska, N., Berrada, K., Almeida, B., Newbery, J., Cerutti, P.O.

“…This Côte d’Ivoire report is part of a series of seven country level studies (Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia and Republic of Congo) which intend to gather qualitative and quantitative evidence of the impacts of the Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade – Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA) process to date. …”
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Collecting evidence of FLEGT-VPA impacts: Ghana country report by Leszczynska, N., Tsanga, R., Goetghebuer, T., Mauquoy, C., Tabi, P., Almeida, B., Newbery, J., Ploeg, L. van der, Cerutti, P.O.

“…This Ghana report is part of a series of seven country level studies (Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia and Republic of Congo) which intend to gather qualitative and quantitative evidence of the impacts of the Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade – Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA) process to date. …”
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Collecting evidence of FLEGT-VPA impacts: Guyana country report by Leszczynska, N., Ploeg, L. van der, Goetghebuer, T., Newbery, J., Almeida, B., Cerutti, P.O.

“…This Guyana report is part of a series of seven country level studies (Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia and Republic of Congo) which intend to gather qualitative and quantitative evidence of the impacts of the Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade – Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA) process to date. …”
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Collecting evidence of FLEGT-VPA impacts: Honduras country report by Goetghebuer, T., Fourmy, R., Leszczynska, N., Almeida, B., Newbery, J., Cerutti, P.O.

“…This Honduras report is part of a series of seven country level studies (Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia and Republic of Congo) which intend to gather qualitative and quantitative evidence of the impacts of the Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade – Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA) process to date. …”
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Collecting evidence of FLEGT-VPA impacts: Indonesia country report by Goetghebuer, T., Breyne, J., Dermawan, A., Leszczynska, N., Almeida, B., Newbery, J., Ploeg, L. van der, Cerutti, P.O.

“…This Indonesia report is part of a series of seven country level studies (Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia and Republic of Congo) which intend to gather qualitative and quantitative evidence of the impacts of the Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade – Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA) process to date. …”
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Systematics of Afrotropical Eristalinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) using mitochondrial phylogenomics by Mullens, N., Sonet, G., Virgilio, M., Goergen, Georg E., Janssens, S., Meyer, M. de, Jordaens, K.

“…Phylogenetic reconstructions of mitogenomes and mitogenomes + nuclear rDNA yielded comparable phylogenies while that of rDNA only resulted in poorly resolved phylogenies. Phylogenetic analyses focused on six genera and supported the monophyly of the general Chasmomma Bezzi, Eristalinus Rondani, Mesembrius Rondani and Syritta Le Peletier & Serville, whereas Simoides Loew was not monophyletic and rendered Phytomia Guérin-Méneville paraphyletic. …”
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Adoption determinants of exotic rice cultivars in Bangladesh by Sarkar, Abdur Rouf, Rahman, Mohammad Chhiddikur, Rahaman, Shajedur, Sarker, Mou Rani, Islam, Mohammad Ariful, Balie, Jean, Kabir, Shahjahan

“…Moreover, farmers in the border regions are adopting exotic cultivars, and it's gradually spreading throughout the country. But, the reasons for adopting exotic rice cultivars are still unexplored. …”
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Comparative analysis of the sensory acceptability of introduced Pro-Vitamin A-rich bananas in Eastern Africa by Nabuuma, Deborah, Ocimati, Walter, Simbare, Alice, Ekesa, Beatrice

“…Materials and methods – This study analysed sensory evaluation results of Pro-Vitamin A-rich bananas (pVABs) and local varieties in Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Tanzania, and Uganda using principle component analysis and factor analysis of mixed data to determine regional preferences and their implications on acceptability and promotion strategies in the region. …”
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Ukama Ustawi CGIAR Food Systems Accelerator Technical Report (Concept Note) by Ng'anga, Salome, Karimi, Peter, Zulu-Hume, Mercy F., Dahl, Hauke, Nkosi, Mahlatse

“…One of the major underlying reasons for poor agricultural performance in East and Southern Africa (ESA) is the low efficiency of agricultural value chains and lack of resilience against climate shocks. …”
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Optimizing QTL introgression via stochastic simulations: an example of the IRRI rice breeding program by Platten, John Damien, Fritsche-Neto, Roberto

“…Overall, the BV_10 strategy (10 parents selected based on genomic estimated breeding values) displayed the best trade-off between reduced penalty from introducing new QTLs with a reasonable speed at which those QTLs can achieve fixation over subsequent breeding cycles.…”
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