Agricultural practices have constantly changed in West Africa, and understanding the factors that have driven the changes may help guide strategies to promote sustainable agriculture in the region. To contribute to such efforts, this paper analyzes drivers of change in farming practices in the re...
Ouédraogo, Mathieu
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Moussa, Abdoulaye S.
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Partey, Samuel T.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Badiane Ndour, Ndèye Yacine
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Somé, Léopold
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Naab, Jesse B.
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Boureima, Moussa
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Diakite, L.
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Quirós, Carlos
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[Markets and climate are driving rapid change in farming practices in Savannah West Africa]
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Markets and climate are driving rapid change in farming practices in Savannah West Africa
Campbell, Bruce M.
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Kinyangi, James
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Nersisyan, A
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Leigh, RA
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Dibb-Leigh, JA
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Seré Rabé, Carlos
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Hoefner, F
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[Perspectives: legislating change]
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Perspectives: legislating change
In the literature, a lot is discussed about how agroforestry can achieve the mitigation,
adaptation and productivity goals of climate-smart agriculture (CSA). However, this may be relatively
too broad to assess the trade-offs and synergies of how specific agroforestry technologies or practices
ac...
Partey, Samuel T.
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Ouédraogo, Mathieu
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Thevathasan, Naresh V
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[Why Promote Improved Fallows as a Climate-Smart Agroforestry Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa?]
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Why Promote Improved Fallows as a Climate-Smart Agroforestry Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa?
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