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Incidence correction factors for moderate and severe acute child malnutrition from two longitudinal cohorts in Mali and Burkina Faso by Barba, Francisco M., Huybregts, Lieven, Leroy, Jef L.

“…K estimates ranged from 9.4 and 5.7 for SAM, and from 4.7 and 5.1 for MAM in Burkina Faso and Mali, respectively. The MUAC and edema-based definition of AM did not lead to different K estimates. …”
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Biological status and dietary intakes of Iron, Zinc and Vitamin A among women and preschool children in rural Burkina Faso by Martin-Prével, Yves, Allemand, Pauline, Nikiema, Laetitia, Ayassou, Kossiwavi A., Ouedraogo, Henri Gautier, Moursi, Mourad, De Moura, Fabiana F.

“…It thus points to challenges in the design and evaluation of future biofortification or other food-based interventions in rural areas of Burkina Faso.…”
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Comparison of preventive and therapeutic Zinc supplementation in young children in Burkina Faso: A cluster-randomized, community-based trial by Becquey, Elodie, Ouédraogo, Césaire T, Hess, Sonja Y., Rouamba, Noël, Prince, Lea, Ouédraogo, Jean-Bosco, Vosti, Stephen A., Brown, Kenneth H.

Subjects: “…food supplementation…”
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School feeding programs, intrahousehold allocation and the nutrition of siblings: Evidence from a randomized trial in rural Burkina Faso by Kazianga, Harounan, de Walque, Damien, Alderman, Harold

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Statut biologique et ingérés en micronutriments chez des femmes et des jeunes enfants, Burkina Faso by Allemand, Pauline, Nikiema, Laetitia, Kossivavi, A. A., Moursi, Mourad, De Moura, Fabiana F., Martin-Prével, Yves

Subjects: “…food intake…”
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Can integrated agriculture-nutrition programmes change gender norms on land and asset ownership?: Evidence from Burkina Faso by van den Bold, Mara, Dillon, Andrew, Olney, Deanna K., Ouédraogo, Marcellin, Pedehombga, Abdoulaye, Quisumbing, Agnes R.

Subjects: “…food production…”
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Understanding and characterising collective tenure and tenure security in pastoral systems: Consolidation of case studies in Burkina Faso, Sudan and Kenya by Nassef, Magda, Otieno, Ken, Sulieman, Hussein, Sawadogo, Issa, Locke, Anna, Langdown, Ian, Flintan, Fiona E.

“…None of the pastoral communities in this study hold any formal documentation for their land but do consider themselves rightful landholders.…”
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Helen Keller International’s enhanced homestead food production program in Burkina Faso: Results from a process evaluation by Olney, Deanna K., Behrman, Julia A., Iruhiriye, Elyse, van den Bold, Mara, Pedehombga, Abdoulaye

Subjects: “…food production…”
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Report of the VBDC Communication Workshop on Effective Communication of Research for Development, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 27-28 March 2012 by Le Borgne, Ewen

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Impact of water management strategies on economic activities and social relations of users: Case of the Vallee du Kou (Burkina Faso) by Konate, L.

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Characteristics of chicken production systems in rural Burkina Faso: A focus on One Health related practices and food security by Dione, Michel M., Ilboudo, Guy S., Ouedraogo, A.A., Ima, S.A., Ouedraogo, B., Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Kagambèga, A., Alders, R.

Subjects: “…food security…”
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Appeals to environmental protection and farmer adoption of sustainable natural resource management – a case study of Kaya, Burkina Faso by Carroll II, D. A., Wilson, K. R., Rogers, B. L., Coates, J., Griffin, T. S.

“…To address issues of soil degradation, deforestation, and on-farm biodiversity loss, development programs in Center North Region of Burkina Faso have traditionally recommended a package of natural resources management practices aimed at conserving soil water and organic matter content, restoring soil health and biodiversity, and preventing erosion. …”
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Effects of grazing intensity and prescribed fire on soil physical and hydrological properties and pasture yield in the savanna woodlands of Burkina Faso by Savadogo, P., Sawadogo, L., Tiveau, D.

“…Livestock grazing significantly (p = 0.038) lowered the infiltrability. Prescribed early fire had a tendency (p = 0.073) to reduce the soil water infiltration rate. …”
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Utilisation des zones humides pour l'agriculture: Le cas des barrages- retenues du Burkina Faso by Sally, Hilmy, Compaore, L.

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Bilan synthese des travaux: 1991-1993Irrigation management project, Burkina Faso: mid-term synthesis report by International Irrigation Management Institute

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L'envasement des retenues: L'etude de cas de 5 petits barrages au Burkina Faso by Sally, Hilmy, Keita, A.

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Agricultural Water Management Technology Expansion and Impact on Crop Yields in Northern Burkina Faso (1980-2010): A Review by Morris, Joanne, Barron, Jennie

“…This study synthesizes evidence, at the sub-national scale of region, across northern Burkina Faso, of adoption rates of AWM interventions compared with indicators of impact on livelihoods in the form of yield changes, poverty indices and food security. …”
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Impact evaluation of an innovation platform on improvement of crop and livestock productions in four villages of Yatenga province, Northern Burkina Faso by Teno, G.

“…Volta2 project has used innovation platforms as its principal development tool to achieve integrated management of rainwater for crop-livestock agroecosystems in 2 West African countries (Burkina Faso and Ghana). The aim of our study is to assess the impact of structure of innovation platform members, their conduct, and the consequence on the improvement of performance of crop and livestock production in four focal villages of Yatenga province, northern Burkina Faso (Ziga, Koura Bagre, Pogoro Silmimosse and Bogoya). …”
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Changes in seasonal descriptors of precipitation in Burkina Faso associated with late 20th century drought and recovery in West Africa by Lodoun T, Giannini, A., Sibiry Traoré, Pierre C., Somé, Léopold, Sanon M, Vaksmann, M., Rasolodimby JM

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From accessing to assessing forecasts: an end-to-end study of participatory climate forecast dissemination in Burkina Faso (West Africa) by Roncoli, C., Jost, Christine, Kirshen, P., Sanon, M., Ingram, Keith T., Woodin, M., Some, L., Quattara, F., Sanfo, B.J., Sia, C., Yaka, P., Hoogenboom, Gerrit

“…This study compares responses to seasonal climate forecasts conducted by farmers of three agro-ecological zones of Burkina Faso, including some who had attended local level workshops and others who had not attended the workshops. …”
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