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Drivers of farmer-managed natural regeneration in the Sahel. Lessons for restoration by Lohbeck, M., Albers, P., Boels, L.E., Bongers, F., Morel, S., Sinclair, Fergus L., Takoutsing, B., Vågen, Tor-Gunnar, Winowiecki, Leigh Ann, Smith-Dumont, E.

“…Here we assess how human impact, land degradation and dispersal limitation affect structural and functional properties of regeneration across 316 plots in agroforestry parklands of Ghana and Burkina Faso. We found that intensity of land use (grazing and agricultural practices) and dispersal limitation inhibited regeneration, while land degradation did not. …”
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A spatio-temporal dataset on food flows for four West African cities by Karg, H., Akoto-Danso, E. K., Amprako, L., Drechsel, Pay, Nyarko, G., Lompo, D.J.-P., Ndzerem, S., Sidibe, S., Hoschek, M., Buerkert, A.

Subjects: “…rural-urban food supply chains…”
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Poverty impacts of food price increases in Niger by Minot, Nicholas, Martin, Will

Subjects: “…staple foods…”
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Stories of change in nutrition from Africa and Asia: An introduction to a special series in food security by Gillespie, Stuart, Harris, Jody, Nisbett, Nicholas, van den Bold, Mara

Subjects: “…food policies…”
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mNutrition Tanzania Endline Study by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…mNutrition was a five-year global initiative supported by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) between 2013 and 2018, organized by GSM Association (GSMA), implemented by in-country mobile network operators, and evaluated by researchers from GAMOS, the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), with the objective of building effective mobile phone-based advisory services for improving nutrition outcomes. …”
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Lessons learned from the evaluation of Helen Keller International’s enhanced homestead food production program by Olney, Deanna K., Dillon, Andrew, Ruel, Marie T., Nielsen, Jennifer

Subjects: “…food consumption…”
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The European Union–West Africa Economic Partnership Agreement: Small impact and new questions by Bouët, Antoine, Laborde Debucquet, David, Traoré, Fousseini

“…The policy simulation results show that the implementation of the EPA between the EU and WA countries would have marginal but positive impacts on Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire and negative impacts on Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, and Togo. …”
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Sweet Potato Seed Systems and Crop Management Community of Practice. by McEwan, M.

“…There were 24 participants from 11 countries - Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria and Zambia. The participants were predominantly sweetpotato breeders, and seed systems scientists implementing business plans for sustainable production of sweetpotato seed. …”
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Agroenvironmental transformation in the Sahel: Another kind of "Green Revolution" by Reij, Chris, Tappan, Gary, Smale, Melinda

Subjects: “…food security…”
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Atoxigenic isolates of Aspergillus flavus effectively reduce cyclopiazonic acid in a sorghum-based matrix under simulated abiotic stress conditions by Sharma, V., Cervini, C., Verheecke-Vaessen, C., Bandyopadhyay, R., Medina, A., Ortega-Beltran, A., Magan, N.

“…The abilities of four atoxigenic isolates (AF−) from Burkina Faso to control CPA by an isolate with high capacity to produce aflatoxins (AF+) and CPA was tested in co-inoculations at varying ratios (100+, 75+/25−, 50+/50−, 25+/75−, 100−), under simulated abiotic stress conditions. …”
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Forests for people: community rights and forest tenure reform by Larson, A.M., Barry, D.M., Dahal, G.R., Colfer, C.J.P.

“…Based on research in over 30 communities in selected countries in Asia (India, Nepal, Philippines, Laos, Indonesia), Africa (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana) and Latin America (Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala, Nicaragua), it examines the process and outcomes of granting new rights, assessing a variety of governance issues in implementation, access to forest products and markets and outcomes for people and forests . …”
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Opportunities for enhancing poor women’s socioeconomic empowerment in the value chains of three African non-timber forest products (NTFPs) by Shackleton, S., Paumgarten, F., Kassa, H., Husselman, M., Zida, M.

“…The value chains of three internationally important dry forest NTFPs, namely gum arabic, gum olibanum (frankincense) and honey from Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and Zambia respectively, were assessed in terms of the roles played by women and the benefits they obtain from their involvement. …”
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Agricultural water management and livelihoods in the crop-livestock systems of the Volta Basin by Douxchamps, Sabine, Ayantunde, Augustine A., Panyan, E.K., Ouattara, K., Kabore, A., Karbo, N., Sawadogo, B.

Subjects: “…mixed farming…”
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Manipulation of apomixis in Brachiaria breeding by Miles, John W., Valle, Cacilda Borges do

“…Until 10 years ago, genetic improvement of Brachiaria species depended entirely on selection among naturally existing genotypes, genetic recombination being impossible because of prevailing apomictic reproduction. …”
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Agricultura, nutricion y seguridad alimentaria: Un enfoque diferente. by Ordinola, M.

Subjects: “…food security…”
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Towards developing scalable climate-smart village models: approach and lessons learnt from pilot research in West Africa by Bayala, Jules, Zougmoré, Robert B., Ky-Dembélé, Catherine, Bationo, B. André, Buah, Saaka S.J., Sanogo, Diaminatou, Somda, Jacques, Tougiani, Abasse, Traoré, Kadari, Kalinganire, Antoine

Subjects: “…farming systems…”
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Assessing the performance of innovation platforms in crop-livestock agro-ecosystems in the Volta basin by Ayantunde, Augustine A., Swaans, Cornelis P.M., Some, Hubert W., Pali, Pamela N.

“…To enhance integrated rainwater management in crop-livestock systems in the Volta basin of Burkina Faso, innovation platforms (IP) comprising of multiple stakeholders were established in the districts of Koubri and Ouahigouya. …”
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Mejoramiento genético y actividades relacionadas. Mejoramiento de características individuales. Potencial de rendimiento by International Center for Tropical Agriculture

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Genetic improvement and related activities. improvement of individual characters. yield potential by International Center for Tropical Agriculture

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Dependence of riparian communities on ecosystem services in northern Ghana by Mul, Marloes L., Pettinotti, L., Amonoo, Naana Adwoa, Bekoe-Obeng, E., Obuobie, Emmanuel

Subjects: “…food security…”
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