Understanding the level of adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) technologies and practices and its drivers is needed to spur large-scale uptake of CSA in West Africa. This paper used the Average Treatment Effect framework to derive consistent parametric estimators of the potential adoption...
Ouédraogo, Mathieu
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Houessionon, Prosper
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Partey, Samuel T.
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[Uptake of Climate-Smart Agricultural Technologies and Practices: Actual and Potential Adoption Rates in the Climate-Smart Village Site of Mali]
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Uptake of Climate-Smart Agricultural Technologies and Practices: Actual and Potential Adoption Rates in the Climate-Smart Village Site of Mali
We consider the question of what is needed for climate services to support sub-Saharan African farmers’ adaptation needs at the scale of the climate challenge. Consistent with an earlier assessment that mutually reinforcing supply-side and demand-side capacity constraints impede the development o...
Hansen, James
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Vaughan, Catherine
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Kagabo, Desire M.
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Dinku, Tufa
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Carr, Edward
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Körner, Jana
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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[Climate Services Can Support African Farmers' Context-Specific Adaptation Needs at Scale]
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Climate Services Can Support African Farmers' Context-Specific Adaptation Needs at Scale
Many projections of the impact of climate change on the crop, livestock and fishery production sectors of African agriculture are reported in the literature. However, they may be arguably too general to understand the magnitude
of impact and to inform adaptation strategies and policy development ...
Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Partey, Samuel T.
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Ouédraogo, Mathieu
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Omitoyin, Bamidele
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Thomas, Timothy S.
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Ayantunde, Augustine A.
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Ericksen, Polly J.
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Said, Mohammed Yahya
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Jalloh, Abdulai
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[Toward climate-smart agriculture in West Africa: a review of climate change impacts, adaptation strategies and policy developments for the livestock, fishery and crop production sectors]
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Toward climate-smart agriculture in West Africa: a review of climate change impacts, adaptation strategies and policy developments for the livestock, fishery and crop production sectors
Tis Tematic Series on “Climate-Smart Agriculture
Technologies in West Africa: learning from the ground
AR4D experiences” contains seven papers presented by
researchers from four West African countries based on
participatory action research conducted since 2012 in
the region. Tese research activit...
Bayala, Jules
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Dayamba, Sidzabda Djibril
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Olivier, Alain
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[Editorial for the Thematic Series in Agriculture & Food Security: Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies in West Africa: learning from the ground AR4D experiences]
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Editorial for the Thematic Series in Agriculture & Food Security: Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies in West Africa: learning from the ground AR4D experiences
Recently, a new approach to extension and climate information services, namely Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) has been developed. PICSA makes use of historical climate records, participatory decision-making tools and forecasts to help farmers identify and better...
Dayamba, Sidzabda Djibril
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Ky-Dembele, Catherine
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Bayala, Jules
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Dorward, Peter
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Clarkson, Graham
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Sanogo, Diaminatou
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Mamadou, Lamine Diop
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Traoré, Issa
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Diakite, Adama
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Nenkam, Andree
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Binam, Joachim N.
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Ouédraogo, Mathieu
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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[Assessment of the use of Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) approach by farmers to manage climate risk in Mali and Senegal]
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Assessment of the use of Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) approach by farmers to manage climate risk in Mali and Senegal
The emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) results in global warming and climate change. The extent to which developing countries contribute to GHG emissions is not well known. This study reports findings on the effects of different land-use systems on GHG emissions (CO2 in this case) from two locat...
Sekafor, MacCarthy Dilys
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Akponikpè, Pierre B.I.
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Koomson, Eric
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Savadogo, Patrick
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Adiku, Samuel G.K.
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[Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Different Land-Use Systems: A Case Study of CO2 in the Southern Zone of Ghana]
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Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Different Land-Use Systems: A Case Study of CO2 in the Southern Zone of Ghana
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
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
,
[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
,
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
,
Konlan, Solomon Pigangsoa
,
[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