Innovation platforms have emerged as a way of enhancing the resilience of agricultural and food systems in the
face of environmental change. Consequently, a great deal of theoretical reflection and empirical research have
been devoted to the goal of understanding the factors that enhance and cons...
Totin, Edmond
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Roncoli, Carla
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Traoré, Pierre Sibiry
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Somda, Jacques
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Roncoli, Carla
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[How does institutional embeddedness shape innovation platforms? A diagnostic study of three districts in the Upper West Region of Ghana]
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How does institutional embeddedness shape innovation platforms? A diagnostic study of three districts in the Upper West Region of Ghana
An in vivo digestibility trial was conducted to evaluate the digestibility of six forages. These were selected indigenous browse species and groundnut haulms in Lawra and Jirapa Districts of the Upper West Region of Ghana. Groundnut haulms served as a control due to its known good digestibility i...
Avornyo, Franklin K.
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Partey, Samuel T
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Asare, Sylvester
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Agbolosu, Anthony Amison
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Akufo, Naana Mintaah
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Sowah, Nicholas Adjetey
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Konlan, Solomon Pigangsoa
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[In vivo digestibility of six selected fodder species by goats in northern Ghana]
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In vivo digestibility of six selected fodder species by goats in northern Ghana
The rapid growth of mobile phones in Ghana has opened up the possibility of delivering timely and useful weather and market information to farmers at costs lower than traditional agricultural extension services. In this paper, we assess the usefulness, constraints, and factors likely to influence...
Etwire, Prince M.
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Buah, S.S.J.
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Ouédraogo, Mathieu
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Partey, Samuel T.
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Martey, Edward
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Dayamba, Sidzabda Djibril
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Bayala, Jules
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[An assessment of mobile phone-based dissemination of weather and market information in the Upper West Region of Ghana]
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An assessment of mobile phone-based dissemination of weather and market information in the Upper West Region of Ghana
In Uganda, Ghana and Bangladesh, participatory tools were used for a socio-economic and gender analysis of three topics: climate-smart agriculture (CSA), climate analogue approaches, and climate and weather forecasting. Policy and programme-relevant results were obtained. Smallholders are changin...
Jost, Christine
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Kyazze, Florence B.
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Naab, Jesse B.
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Neelormi, S
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Kinyangi, James
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Bhatta, Gopal Datt
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Chaudhury, M.
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Tapio-Bistrom, M.L.
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Nelson, S.
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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[Understanding gender dimensions of agriculture and climate change in smallholder farming communities]
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Understanding gender dimensions of agriculture and climate change in smallholder farming communities
Background: In search of options to cope with climate change and variability, a trial combining fertilization and
improved varieties of millet and cowpea (intercropped or as sole crop) was conducted on three sites (Lemnogo,
Tibtenga and Ramdolla) in the northern region of Burkina Faso. The applic...
Sanou, Josias
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Bationo, B. André
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Barry, Silamana
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Nabie, Loyehoun Dorothée
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Bayala, Jules
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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[Combining soil fertilization, cropping systems and improved varieties to minimize climate risks on farming productivity in northern region of Burkina Faso]
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Combining soil fertilization, cropping systems and improved varieties to minimize climate risks on farming productivity in northern region of Burkina Faso
Abstract: This paper investigates the economic impacts of climate change on cereal crop production
in Northern Ghana using 240 households comprising maize and sorghum farmers. The Ricardian
regression approach was used to examine the economic impacts of climate change based on data
generated from...
Nyuor, Anslem Bawayelaazaa
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Donkor, Emmanuel
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Aidoo, Robert
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Buah, S.S.J.
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Naab, Jesse B.
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Nutsugah, Stephen K.
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Bayala, Jules
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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[Economics Impacts of Climate Change on Cereal Production : Implications for Sustainable Agriculture in Northern Ghana]
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Economics Impacts of Climate Change on Cereal Production : Implications for Sustainable Agriculture in Northern Ghana
This paper suggests how the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) community can progressively make use of a flexible framework of analytical approaches that have been recently developed by scientific research. This allows a standardized but flexible use of indicator sets ada...
Sommer S
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Zucca, Claudio
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Grainger A
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Cherlet, M.
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Sokona Y
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Hill J
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Della Peruta R
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Roehrig J
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Wang G
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[Application of indicator systems for monitoring and assessment of desertification from national to global scales]
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Application of indicator systems for monitoring and assessment of desertification from national to global scales
To achieve food security for many in low-income and middle-income countries for whom this is already a challenge, especially with the additional complications of climate change, will require early investment to support smallholder farming systems and the associated food systems that supply poor c...
Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Nelson, Gerald C.
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Kinyangi, James
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Jarvis, Andy
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Hansen, James
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Challinor, Andrew J.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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[Climate change, agriculture and food security: A global partnership to link research and action for low-income agricultural producers and consumers]
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Climate change, agriculture and food security: A global partnership to link research and action for low-income agricultural producers and consumers
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) is a major staple crop of Burkina Faso where farmers continue to cultivate photoperiod-sensitive guinea landraces as part of the strategy to minimize risk and ensure yield stability. In the Boucle du Mouhoun region, however, sorghum farmers appear to have ins...
Vom Brocke, Kirsten
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Trouche, G.
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Weltzien, Eva
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Kondombo-Barro, C.P.
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Sidibé A
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Gozé E
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[Helping farmers adapt to climate and cropping system change through increased access to sorghum genetic resources adapted to prevalent sorghum cropping systems in Burkina Faso]
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Helping farmers adapt to climate and cropping system change through increased access to sorghum genetic resources adapted to prevalent sorghum cropping systems in Burkina Faso
There is an increasing need for West African Sahel farmers to be availed with appropriate technologies and management practices that sustainably increase productivity and resilience, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions where possible. In this paper, we analysed prevailing key water and nutrie...
Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Jalloh, Abdulai
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Tioro A
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[Climate-smart soil water and nutrient management options in semiarid West Africa: a review of evidence and analysis of stone bunds and zaï techniques]
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Climate-smart soil water and nutrient management options in semiarid West Africa: a review of evidence and analysis of stone bunds and zaï techniques