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Experiment-based prototyping to design and assess cotton management systems in West Africa
Designing innovative combinations of techniques to improve the sustainability of cropping systems in poor countries is a major
challenge. Here, we developed a prototyping methodology to design, assess and adapt a crop ...
Improved energy performance of small-scale pneumatic dryers used for cassava processing
This document describes an adjustment made to the feeding rate of a pneumatic dryer used to produce cassava flour in Ghana. The adjustment resulted in a significant improvement on the dryer’s energy performance. The work ...
Capacity building on dimensioning, design and operation of small-scale pneumatic dryers (2 - interim report September 2018)
The most suitable types of equipment available for drying cassava is a pneumatic dryer. State of-the-art industrial pneumatic dryers are available and are used to process cassava in many tropical countries. However, in ...
Are pest regulation and erosion alleviation services conflicting orsynergistic? Lessons from Sahel pearl millet
tFrom 2010 to 2011 in Niger, the effects of a wind erosion-alleviating practice, i.e. mulching pearl milletfields with crop residue, on populations of and damage induced by millet stem borer (MSB), head miner(MHM), and ...
“Faidherbia-Flux”, an open observatory for GHG balance and C stocks in a semi-arid agro-sylvo-pastoral system (Senegal)
The ecosystem services provided by agro-silvo-pastoral systems are complex to assess or model, owing to high spatial and temporal heterogeneities.
In 2018, we set up a new long-term observatory , open to collaboration, for ...
Assessing crop model improvements through comparison of sorghum (sorghum bicolor L. moench) simulation models: A case study of West African varieties
Better defining niches for the photoperiod sensitive sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) varieties ofWest Africa into the local cropping system might help to improve the resilience of food production in theregion. In ...
A protocol for the conceptualisation of an agro-ecosystem to guide data acquisition and analysis and expert knowledge integration
Innovative agricultural systems need to combine the production of goods with the provision of environmental
services. When agronomists analyse or design multifunctional agro-ecosystems, they thus need
to include knowledge ...
The Mobile Cassava Processing Plant: Modern cassava processing machinery on wheels
The specially constructed Mobile Cassava Processing Plant consists of modern processing machinery and an electricity generator that is housed on a six-wheel machinery carrier equipped with a loader crane.
Agromorphological characterization of Sesamum radiatum (Schum. and Thonn.), a neglected and underutilized species of traditional leafy vegetable of great importance in Benin
Sesamum radiatum (Schum. and Thonn) is a traditional leafy vegetable of national importance in Benin. Although, it is cultivated and consumed in many regions of the country, it is still unfortunately neglected by scientific ...
Mobile Cassava Processing Plant Poster
The mobile cassava processing plant is made of a truck carefully equipped with a specific set of machinery tailored to process targeted, shelf-stable, and market demanded cassava products such as high-quality gari, wet ...